§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the level of continuation funding in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000 for each estate action scheme (i) in London and (ii) nationally. [8849]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordWithin the single regeneration budget planned provision nationally for the remaining estate action commitments is currently as follows:
£ million 1997–98 170 1998–99 98 1999–2000 61 SRB allocations to each region for 1997–98 for continuing programmes, including estate action, will be determined shortly, following last month's Budget statement. The Government offices in each region then
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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 Total bid cost—by service—all bids Education 7,595 35,639 27,013 36,964 27,297 76,819 17,566 57,493 46,127 19,909 352,422 Housing 23,604 60,145 31,326 40,156 70,327 170,478 29,331 159,947 123,053 4,940 713,307 Personal Social Services 6,502 4,370 6,595 11,397 7,899 14,865 5,328 6,915 11,034 3,216 78,121 Transport 39,579 182,490 25,674 92,584 157,730 77,605 45,551 114,162 191,470 79,422 1,006,267 Magistrates' Courts 245 7,727 11,614 6,126 210 23,596 22,000 2,516 306 0 74,340 Fire and Civil Defence 3,360 7,270 1,310 40 5,120 13,670 12,296 4,983 7,700 5,528 61,277 Probation Service 0 0 75 6 90 2,086 4,976 1,327 0 2,261 10,821 Coastal Prot'n, Flood Defence 0 0 0 550 13,338 0 2,125 1,040 0 0 17,053 Sport and Recreation 34,180 29,484 34,225 9,287 220,802 15,416 25,868 16,405 65,183 3,002 453,852 Other Services 67,466 29,843 43,154 76,319 216,609 228,222 226,324 193,422 238,052 24,032 1,343,443 Totals 182,530 356,968 180,986 273,429 719,422 622,757 391,365 558,210 682,925 142,310 4,110,902 Credit approvals bid for—by service—all bids Education 7,005 29,111 21,886 18,952 16,306 46,313 10,181 32,472 28,385 14,074 224,685 Housing 8,820 32,098 8,381 21,678 10,897 79,433 11,222 53,164 39,628 500 265,821 Personal Social Services 3,215 3,055 3,835 16,371 3,132 8,636 3,997 5,970 8,024 2,080 58,315 Transport 26,756 52,519 29,021 29,179 90,751 39,329 34,403 66,402 48,448 36,442 453,250 Magistrates' Courts 245 7,727 11,614 6,031 210 23,591 7,200 2,516 306 0 59,440 Fire and Civil Defence 3,346 7,270 660 20 4,720 13,545 12,246 4,698 7,700 5,527 59,732 Probation Service 0 0 75 6 0 1,776 3,101 1,327 0 2,261 8,546 Coastal Prot'n, 0 0 0 275 0 0 1,000 200 0 0 1,475 manage their total SRB allocation and have flexibility to vire between programmes where necessary, in order to ensure that all existing estate action commitments continue to be honoured. Regional SRB allocations for subsequent years will be determined by the outcome of future public expenditure surveys.
§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of state for the Environment what allowance he made for inflation in determining estate action allocations in(a) 1993 and (b) 1994; and if he will make statement. [8850]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordLocal authorities were advised to make due allowance for inflation before submitting their bids for estate action support to the Department. The amounts available to fund new and continuing estate action schemes in 1993–94 and 1994–95 were determined by the public expenditure survey settlements.