§ Dr. George TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each of the English regional development agencies the current estimate of(a) their total budget on a per capita basis and (b) the percentage of the budget attributable to their administrative function. [73004]
§ Mr. MealeThe budgets for 1999–2000 for each of the English regional development agencies will be announced shortly. The budgets for 1998–99 cover administration resources only, and are as follows. It is not meaningful to express these figures in per capita terms.
Agency £ North East Regional Development Agency 520,000 Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Development Agency 529,000 North West Regional Development Agency 327,000 West Midlands Regional Development Agency 384,000 East Midlands Regional Development Agency 406,000 Eastern Regional Development Agency 350,000 South East Regional Development Agency 461,000 South West Regional Development Agency 411,000 Total 3,388,000