HC Deb 31 March 1999 vol 328 cc751-2W
Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions from which

Regeneration Expenditure by Government Office
£million
Government Office 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Forecast 1998–99
Eastern 14.6 9.4 8.5 11.7 11.3
East Midlands 75.6 73.6 58.8 49.4 29.7
London 320.8 351.6 336.5 384.2 314.8
Merseyside 104.6 105.4 101.8 91.8 79.6
North East 160.9 151.8 142.8 146.2 82.6
North West 148.8 142.9 142.4 110.3 80.1
South East 13.7 9.9 13.5 24.8 30.2
South West 42.7 29.9 30.4 34.2 21.8
West Midlands 176.1 147.7 141.6 127.0 92.2
Yorkshire and the Humber 161.5 131.5 128.6 110.7 91.5
Total 1,219.3 1,153.7 1,104.9 1,090.3 833.8
departmental budget the cost of providing New Delhi with the buses which he offered on his recent visit will be met; and how much they will cost. [79055]

Mr. Prescott

I made no offer of UK government funding for buses in New Delhi. However I offered to assist in any way I could in consideration by UK bus companies and the Indian authorities of ways of resolving the shortage of buses in the Indian capital.