§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to encourage town centre management schemes. [4010]
§ Mr. RaynsfordPPG 6 (Town Centres and Retail Developments) actively encourages local authorities to prepare town centre management initiatives. To help facilitate this the Government provide core funding for the Association of Town Centre Management (ATCM), which has a lead role in the promotion of town centre management. The Government have also provided financial support for the ATCM research reports on "Town Improvement Zones" (undertaken by KPMG), "Managing urban open spaces", undertaken by Chesterton's, and "Town Centre Partnerships: a survey of good practice", undertaken by Hillier Parker and URBED.