§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the expected expenditure under the single regeneration budget in 1995–96 and what was the annual expenditure in each of the last five years for each of the schemes that have been incorporated into the single regeneration budget(a) nationally and (b) in Birmingham; and what proportion of those budgets has been spent and will be spent on housing investment.
§ Mr. CurryPlanned single regeneration budget expenditure in 1995–96 is £1,331.5 million. Expenditure nationally and in Birmingham in each of the last five years for each of the programmes brought together in the SRB is set out in tables A and B.
The proportion spent each year on the specific housing programmes—estate action and housing action trusts—which are now part of the SRB is set out in table C. Housing investment is also achieved through the urban development corporations, city challenge, English Partnerships and from 1995–96 new SRB partnership schemes, although the proportions of these programmes' total budgets spent on housing investment cannot easily be separated out.
The whole purpose of the SRB is to promote an integrated approach to development with the local parties defining their priorities.
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Table B—Expenditure on SRB programmes in Birmingham £ million 1990–91 outturn 1991–92 outturn 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 outturn 1994–95 estimated outturn Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) UDCs — — 5.412 10.191 7.000 English Partnerships1 (URA) 6.467 4.934 4.507 2.673 2.600 Housing Action Trusts — — — 2,000 6.000 Other SRB Estate Action 8.074 15.476 15.780 19.100 26.404 City Challenge — — — 6.921 7.823 Urban Programme 21.808 21.955 21.819 13.829 6.966 Task Forces 0.782 1.089 1.532 1.449 1.238 Business Start-Up Scheme 20.356 3.866 4.062 2.282 1.172 Local Initiative Fund 20.122 1.232 0.472 0.661 0.431 Compacts 20.005 0.109 0.100 0.059 0.050 Teacher Placement Service — 0.032 0.054 0.052 0.052 Education Business Partnerships — 0.030 0.020 0.024 0.025 TEC Challenge — — — 0.286 0.105 Programme Development Fund 0.063 0.033 0.150 0.155 0.098 Regional Enterprise Grants — — 0.007 0.065 0.425 Section II programme (part) 6.539 7.660 7.446 7.991 5.714 Ethnic Minorities Grant — — 0.050 0.052 0.017 Safer Cities — — — — — Ethnic Minority Business Initiative 0.030 0.053 0.044 0.076 0.055 GEST 19 — — 0.162 0.238 0.408 City Action Teams 0.790 0.940 0.500 0.413 — Total 45.036 57.409 62.117 68.517 66.583 Notes:
1English Partnerships figures include City Grant and Derelict Land Grant but exclude English Estates.
2 Figures for 1990–91 for BSUS, LIF and Compacts relate only to expenditure from October 1990, the date at which Birmingham TEC became operational.
Table C—Proportion spent on Estate Action and Housing Action Trusts Percentages 1990–91 outturn 1991–92 outturn 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 outturn 1994–95 estimated outturn 1995–96 plans Nationally 13.1 18.9 23.9 27.2 31.7 30.3 Birmingham 17.9 27.0 25.4 30.8 48.7 51.2