HC Deb 07 July 1997 vol 297 cc338-9W
Mr. Lawrie Quinn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he intends to publish the guidance for Round Four of the Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund. [7160]

Mr. Caborn

The Government is issuing today supplementary guidance for Round 4 of the Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund. The guidance describes the Government's policies and priorities for the Challenge Fund, which area requirement that proposals for funding contribute to the Government's Manifesto commitment to carry out a concerted attack against the multiple causes of social and economic decline, and fit with its new policies, including those relating to employment, including child care provision, education, crime, housing, public health and sustainable development; a greater emphasis on tackling the needs of communities in the most deprived areas; a requirement that proposals should take account of existing strategies for promoting economic development and tackling deprivation; and a requirement for a more collaborative approach between those preparing proposals, their partners and Government Offices for the Regions in order to arrive at a shared undertanding of regeneration needs and priorities, and to stimulate fresh thinking.

In addition to the supplementary guidance, each Government Office for the Region has issued its own regional guidance for the purposes of Round 4 of the Challenge Fund. This is intended to give extra help to bidders in putting together their proposals. Government Offices for the Regions will also be setting up small Advisory Panels to help them in considering Round 4 bids. These panels will have, amongst others, representatives from the business sector, local authorities and the voluntary sector.

Copies of the supplementary guidance have been placed in the Library of the House.

Capital expenditure in each London borough on roads for 1992–93 to 1998–99
(Includes major and minor highway works, but excludes structural maintenance)
London boroughs Capital expenditure from 1992–93 to 1998–99 in £000
Out-turn 1992–93 Out-turn 1993–94 Out-turn 1994–95 Out-turn 1995–96 Budget 1996–97 Bid 1997–98 Estimated 1998–99
Barking and Dagenham 1,558 522 173 175 174 565 0
Barnet 0 0 1,110 545 1,997 1,154 1,750
Bexley 2,850 3,642 5,979 11,440 8,924 7,388 4,813
Brent 1,584 414 925 2,107 2,261 6,855 6,797
Bromley 4,900 1,441 2,138 11,064 13,845 15,159 1,472
Camden 0 0 494 2,247 3,406 2,739 2,168
Croydon 250 1,422 5,090 2,906 1,636 3,323 1,847
City of London 0 0 1,365 2,237 4,181 975 2,141
Ealing 1,139 337 1,236 1,581 1,339 2,830 2,154
Enfield 6,952 3,964 1,373 876 1,930 1,503 3,917
Greenwich 21 94 1,805 4,713> 6,342 9,751 3,559
Hackney 912 1,334 3117 305 277 605 350
Hammersmith and Fulham 0 0 2,577 1,543 1,438 1,400 1,300
Haringey 1,047 517 2,416 1,976 2,138 3,786 4,126
Harrow 6,310 5,370 4,103 5,580 4,844 6,099 799
Havering 12 120 1,717 654 1,961 2,138 l,080
Hillingdon 7,868 4,546 2,558 5,340 3,911 1,647 1,636
Hounslow 458 2,947 4,759 2,794 2,468 3,300 2,395
Islington 0 0 2,066 1,603 1,228 5,578 5,489
Kensington and Chelsea 605 527 871 584 1,296 1,354 857
Kingston upon Thames 1,350 409 1,966 5,532 5,905 13,147 10,283
Lambeth 0 0 470 1,654 1,047 4,125 1,700
Lewisham 8,474 8,304 8,528 6,395 4,034 3,098 1,398
Merton 1,191 2,790 2,611 2,161 1,006 2,652 1,720
Newham 4,470 2,973 3,611 3,022 3,456 3,984 1,297
Redbridge 14 0 1,618 5,280 6,615 1,882 1,972
Richmond upon Thames 0 0 766 598 531 907 653
Southwark 3,079 1,638 1,965 2,009 1,839 2,028 1,468
Sutton 179 585 1,782 1,861 1,250 3,119 4,910