§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will increase the funds for the single regeneration budget to ensure a higher success rate in bids. [11609]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordAs existing commitments under the programmes combined within the single regeneration budget are fulfilled, so increased resources are being made available for the bidding rounds for the SRB challenge fund. Under current plans, the challenge fund element of the SRB will increase from £125 million in 1995–96 to £600 million in 1988–99. Many unsuccessful bidders from round 1 in 1994 came back with greatly improved and successful bids for round 2, demonstrating the strength of local partnerships. Unsuccessful bidders last year will have the chance to hid again in round 3 this year.
§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his policy in respect of changes in public expenditure plans for the regeneration budget before May 1997. [11608]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordRegeneration work, such as housing, training and economic development initiatives, are supported through main programme expenditure by various Government Departments. This is supplemented by targeted programmes which have been brought together in the single regeneration budget.
Under current plans, the single regeneration budget will provide over £1.3 billion for regeneration work in each of the three years 1995–96 to 1997–98—a total of some £4 billion. During this period there will be some £870 million available for funding new regeneration schemes successful in bidding rounds for the competitive SRB challenge fund. In 1998–99, under current plans, the challenge fund element of the SRB will increase to £600 million, by which time new schemes from four bidding rounds will be under way.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 9 January,Official Report, columns 25–26, if he will list for each of the challenge fund schemes which included plans to assist business start-ups how many start-ups they estimated would be helped; and what was the average sum estimated to be made available for each start-up by each scheme. [11944]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordInformation on the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each challenge fund scheme is given.
Information about the average sum estimated to be made available for each start-up for each scheme is not available. As explained in my replies to the hon. Member on 9 January, Official Report, column 25, and 17 January, Official Report column 603, the single regeneration budget challenge fund provides support to local partnerships for schemes which incorporate a wide range of economic, environmental and social measures, including the business start-ups set out in the table. Schemes approved to date stand to receive some £1.7 billion in challenge fund support overall. Within the resources made available to each approved scheme, it is for partnerships to determine the support provided for business start-ups. This accords with our intention of encouraging partnerships to tackle regeneration in ways 572W that are appropriate to their local needs and priorities. It is not therefore possible to estimate the sums provided for start-ups from the records held centrally or at Government offices.
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Challenge fund scheme under rounds 1 and 2 and the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each scheme are as follows: Scheme Number A New Start for Netherfield 20 Action for Haslingden 58 All Change at Crewe 28 Altogether Wight 436 Amble Challenge Bid 10 Amble Regeneration 4 Appleby Heritage Centre 48 Ashfield Partnership 820 Backing Winners Business Support 2,250 Birmingham SRB 4,861 Birmingham: 1996–2003 135 Blackbird Leys Redevelopment Initiative 2 Blackbird Leys/Temple Cowley Regeneration Partnership 375 Blackburn SRB 606 Blackpool Challenge Partnership 525 Blueprint for the Community (Bognor Regis) 70 Boston 2000 278 Breaking the Cycle—From Dependence to Independence 30 Brighton Regeneration Partnership 47 Bristol 2020 67 Brixham Business Development Project 40 Burton: A Better Future 500 Business 2000 673 Canning Town 500 Central Stepney Regeneration Programme 14 Chart 99 30 Cheetham and Broughton Initiative 260 CILNTEC Contributing to A World Class City 930 Cityvision's First Challenge Fund Bid for Hull 62 Coalfield Renaissance 368 Cobridge Community Renewal 87 Community Works 307 Communities First in Rural Somerset 21 Congleton Town and Industry Initiative 51 Connected Community for the 21st Century 5 Consett Southern Area 200 Corby Urban Village Restoration Scheme 16 Cornwall Developing in Partnership 322 County Durham SRB Partnership 1,200 Coventry and Warwickshire Partnerships Ltd. 1,915 Creating A Sustainable Black Country Urban Forest 3 Creekside Renewal: Building Bridges 74 Crime Reduction, Employment and Training Queen Parks Kilburn 50 Crosby/Scunthorpe Town Centre 380 Cross River Partnership 1995 97 Dartford and Thames Gateway Foyer Project 4 Derby-DaubHill Deane: A Partnership for Prosperity 277 Derby's Rail Corridor—Opportunity for Global Change 128 Destination Bassetlaw 785 Developing Park Royal's Offer 106 Developing Stronger Communities (Barnsley) 18 Dewsbury: Fabric for the future 232 Dingle 2000 40 East Durham Task Force 500 East Gateshead Regeneration 30 East Kent Initiative 25 Economic Development Support for New Business 850 Elland Initiative Partnership 5 Employment Creation in the Hawtec Area 1.725 Empowering Enterprise in Local Communities 20 Energise Eastbourne 200
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Challenge fund scheme under rounds 1 and 2 and the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each scheme are as follows: Scheme Number Enhancing the Development of Ethnic Minorities 17 Enterprise 200 Norfolk and Waveney TEC 1,050 EPICC 21 Epicentre Strategy 500 Foundations for the Future 530 Gainsborough Regeneration 60 Going for Growth (Doncaster) 1,310 Goole "Foundation for the Furure" 48 Grays Regeneration 7 Greater Peterborough TEC 480 Green Street SRB 300 Greenwich 2000—Tourism development 80 Grimsby Regeneration Partnership 80 Grow Your Own Job and Business Diversification Rural Areas 790 Growing Together: Youth and Inner City Regen etc. (Sheffield) 34 Hamilton Quarter Initiative 94 Hardwick Community Partnership Regeneration Project 36 Haringey and Enfield Young People and Offenders Emp. 24 Hayes/west Drayton Corridor 200 Heart of Barrow 250 Hertfordshire Enterprise Alliance 38 Hertfordshire TEC 720 Huddersfield Challenge 92 Hulls First SRB Bid 1,450 Huyton 53 Improving Labour Market Flexibility 35 Initiative Burnley 1,391 Inner City Lifeline 166 Investing in Derby People 262 Ipswich West Dock regeneration 90 Jobs Guidance and Training for Central London Refugees 70 Keighley: A Local Strategy 630 Knowsley Industrial Park 100 Lairdside 77 Lea Bridge—A Gateway to Opportunity 151 Lea Valley (Poplar) Joint Venture Initiative 2 Leeds: Rebuilding Our Communities 77 Leek Regeneration: Securing a Future for a Market Town 12 Leicester's 1996-97 Challenge Fund Bid 128 London East Manufacturing Initiative 15 London East TEC Assist 300 Loughborough Town Partnership 30 Loughborough University of Tech: a Competiveness Catalyst 6 Luton Dunstable Partnership 157 Luton Dunstable Partnership—Sustainable Regeneration 210 Maidstone Town Centre Initiative 10 Manchester City Council 1,388 Manufacturing Excellence Programme 10,000 Medway Towns Campus Programme 30 Meeting the Challenge of Change 319 Meeting the Needs of Newham's Communities 151 Middlesborough Pride and Enterprise 93 Middleton Pride 94 Netherton SRB 54 Networking Business and the Community 5 New Business Growth Programme 850 New Business Growth (Phase Two) 155 New Dimensions for Stratford and Temple Mills 181 New Enterprise Strategy Teeside TEC 1,500 New Entrepreneurs Challenge Programme 2.000 Newark and Sherwood 200 Newhaven Economic Partnership 107 Newstead Regeneration Partnership 4
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Challenge fund scheme under rounds 1 and 2 and the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each scheme are as follows: Scheme Number Newton 21 28 North East Lincolnshire Challenge Bid 90 North End/north Lynn Regeneration 20 North Liverpool 250 North London TEC Support for New Business 900 North Shields Town Centre Regeneration Strategy 359 North Solihull Challenge 86 North West Leicestershire Coalfield Priority Area 55 North West London TEC 540 Northampton Partnership 98 Northern Wards 127 Nottingham—Capturing the Dynamics 600 Old Trafford Initiative 340 Older People—harnessing Potential and Providing Support 16 Oldham Partnership 1,400 Owton/rossmere Partnership 86 Park Royal Partnership Ltd. 16 Peckham Partnership 60 Plymouth 2000 684 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Partnership 633 Qualitec and Partners 1,100 Queens Park Challenge Fund 32 Raffles Community Development Partnership 90 Raising Educational Achievement and Employment in Downham 5 Regenerating Central Brighton 55 Regenerating King's Cross—Gateway to Europe 296 Regenerating Wembley Park 80 Regeneration in West Chester 252 Regeneration of Shields Road District Centre and Newcastles ea 24 Regeneration Through People 1,000 Releasing Local Potential 127 Remaking Chalkhill 5 Removing Barriers—Creating Opportunities Leeds 777 Renaissance of Blyth 40 Revitalising the City Fringe 60 Reviving the Heart of the West End 64 Rochdale Canalside 120 Roding Valley Partnership 15 Roding Valley Partnership 15 Roding Valley Partnership—Combined Bid L0026, L0027, L0028 7 ROYDS 50 Runcorn on the Mersey 105 Salford Partnership 770 Sanderson Kayser Green Steelworks Etc Pilot (Sheffield) 12 Sandwell Regeneration Partnership 372 Sandwell: Capacity Building for Urban Regeneration 78 Selby Waterfront 27 SESKU 55 Shaping Rotherhams Future 804 Sheffield SRB Scheme 1,233 Sherburn Road Regeneration Initiative 6 Shropshire Business Support 750 Silwood Community Forum 3 Sleaford Pride 45 Small Business Village 15 SOLOTEC Greenwich and Lewisham Access Success Progress 247 South Denes Peninsula Regeneration (Great Yarmouth) 15 South Leytonstone Community Partnership 200 South Tyneside 60 South Tyneside Youth to the Future 116 South Wandle Regeneration Strategy 23 Southampton Regeneration Partnership 206 Southampton's Bid 99 Speke Garston 141
Challenge fund scheme under rounds I and 2 and the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each scheme are as follows: Scheme Number St. Helens Southern Corridor 150 Stratford Regional Station 4 Sunderland Partnership 633 Support for New and Young Business in Staffordshire 2,100 Sustainable Regeneration in Barnsley 1,400 Swadlincote Woodlands 180 Sydenham Estate Somerset 40 Tame Valley Initiative 586 Thames Gateway Technology Centre 90 The Bakewell Project: A Window of Opportunity 65 The Battle for Hastings 280 The Brentford Partnership 23 The Cannock Gateway Project 136 The Castle Pride Initiative Scarborough 52 The Centre for Sustainable Living, Castle Hill, Dudley 12 The Eastwood/oakhill Challenge (Rotherham) 6 The Glossopdale Project 155 The Harwich Dimension (Tendring) 60 The Heart of Worthing 30 The Island and Royal Manor of Portland 115 The Lancashire Manufacturing Partnership 1,000 The Learning Community Initiative 20 The Limes Farm Regeneration Partnership 12 The Merseyside Learning Partnership 38 The Miles Platting, Ancoats and Northern Quarter (Srb2) Bid 123 The Ragworth Regeneration Project 2 The Regeneration of Central Accrington 49 The Villages Initiative 3 The York Regeneration Initiative 29 This Partnership Means Business 2.070 Toureast London 19 Turning the Tide—the Western Approaches 114 Turning the Tide Morecombe 100 Unlocking the Potential of Young People 2 Upper Lee Valley Regeneration 288 Urban Regeneration in Barton and Tredworth 202 Vauxhall/Lambeth Walk Initiative 3 Vauxhall: Crossing the Line 25 Vital Centres and Green Links 15 Wandle Corridor Regeneration Project 20 West Central Halifax A Bid for Prosperity 161 West Cornwall Initiative 488 West London TEC Economic Development for New Business 850 Whitehaven Development Company 72 Wigan SRB Partnership 1,589 Wisbech 30 Wolverhampton 1,246 Wolverton: youth, community and Business Symbiosis 8 Work and Learn 15 Wrens Nest Comprehensive Area Regeneration Scheme 13