§ Mr. Ian StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a report on the progress of English Partnerships. [54623]
§ Mr. CabornI have today laid before Parliament English Partnerships' Annual Report and Accounts for 1997–98, which sets out their achievements last year. The Report provides details of the Agency's £315 million development programme and illustrates the varied range of their projects across the English regions. It explains that 545 projects were approved in 1997–98 and a total of over 2000 have been completed in the Agency's first four years. The Agency's key outputs for 1997–98 were as follows:
Outputs for 1997–98 Jobs created/safeguarded 29,000 Land regenerated (Ha) 1,350 Private finance attracted (£m) 767 Housing units facilitated 7,540 Commercial/industrial floorspace developed (sq.m) 860,000