§ Mr. Austin WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide(a) a breakdown for each region of the source of the resources to finance capital challenge and (b) a breakdown of the bids received from each region. [8851]
§ Sir Paul Beresford(a) Each Government Department has contributed to capital challenge in proportion to their share of the Government's total provision for local authority capital expenditure. Since total provision is not sub-divided on a regional basis, it is not possible to break down each region's share in the manner requested.
(b) For each service and region, the attached table shows the total value of all bids and the credit approvals sought.
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Capital challenge—all bids—total bid cost and credit approvals bid for—by service and by region (£,000) Service North East Yorkshire and the Humber East Mids Eastern South East London South West West Mids North West Merseyside Totals Flood Defence Sport and Recreation 2,769 4,830 6,993 1,193 21,870 4,501 1,512 8,144 7,218 302 59,332 Other Services 11,839 20,740 20,151 18,151 62,284 65,071 38,056 39,473 50,520 5,117 331,402 Totals 63,995 157,351 102,616 111,856 210,170 282,195 122,918 214,366 190,229 66,303 1,521,999