§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if the single regeneration budget has a designated fund for promoting the development of electronic village halls and cyber skills by local councils.
§ Ms Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the ratio of the single regeneration budget to the housing association-approved development programme in(a) the west Midlands and (b) London; and what considerations underlie the variation between (a) and (b).
§ Mr. CurryPlanned single regeneration budget expenditure for 1994–95 is some £175 million in the west midlands and £374 million in London. Allocations made at the start of 1994–95 from the Housing Corporation's approved development programme were some £126 million and £465 million respectively.
The ratios sought are thus (a) 1.4: 1 and (b) 0.8:1. As the two programmes have different objectives, outputs and areas of operation there is no reason why there should be any relationship between these ratios.