HC Deb 19 December 2000 vol 360 cc111-5W
Sir Peter Emery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the regeneration targets to be met by the South West Regional Development Agency. [142693]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The information the right hon. Gentleman requested is contained in section 5 of the South West of England Regional Development Agency Business Plan 2000–01. I am arranging for copies to be placed in the Libraries of the House. The Business Plan sets out the range of Agency's key targets, many of which are cross-cutting and involve regeneration objectives.

Sir Peter Emery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the projects(a) being undertaken and (b) completed by the South West of England Regional Development Agency. [142688]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The South West of England Regional Development Agency has undertaken and completed many projects. Their Annual Review 1999–2000 gives details of those projects undertaken and completed up to March 2000. I am arranging for copies to be placed in the Libraries of the House. I am also listing the main projects that have been given Board approval since March 2000 to date.

Principal Approvals (over 25k) since February Board Meeting Eden Project, St Austell, Restormel Application for additional funding of £1 million to cover additional works. Funding: £3,960,000 Total project cost: £79,626,000 Bradford On Avon Gasworks, West Wiltshire Reclamation of a contaminated former town gasworks site, owned by the LA, for future hard end development. Funding: £141,915 Total project cost: £141,915 Treleigh Industrial Estate to Extension, Redruth, Kerrier Acquisition and servicing of 5.26 hectares of industrial development land adjacent to existing estate. Funding: £1,005,000 Total project cost: £1,005,000 Avon Valley Greenway, Bristol Reclamation of an overgrown and derelict riverside site, in the centre of Bristol, to create a 2 km cycleway/footpath. Funding: £126,540 Total project cost: £504,844 Cornish Way: Section 2—Newlyn to Mousehole, Penzance, Penwith Reclamation of a redundant Quay and slipway, formerly used for loading granite from Penlee Quarry, to create a cycleway/footpath. Funding: £69,000 Total project cost: £69,000 Polmarth Park, St Austell, Restormel Reclamation of a derelict former tin-streaming site, situated between two housing estates, to create recreational areas and a cycleway/footpath. Funding: £221,625 Total project cost: £246,625 Tavistock Cycleway, Tavistock, West Devon Reclamation of a former railway line, along the edge of a steep sided valley, to create a cycleway/footpath. Funding: £92,385 Total project cost: £126,813 Bristol Harbourside—Additional Public Realm Works, Bristol Excavation and disposal of existing surfacing and provision of new paving, lighting, street furniture and planting on three areas at Harbourside. Funding: £632,585 Total project cost: £175,361 St Agnes Park Lodge, Bristol Refurbishment and extension of a former park keepers house to provide a community building offering training and employment facilities. Funding: £101,000 Total project cost: £160,092 Contact Centre, Southmead, Bristol Refurbishment and extension of a derelict building to provide an additional training facility and seven small community business units. Funding: £100,000 Total project cost: £224,424 Bensons Lot, Stroud Refurbishment of a derelict warehouse to provide seven young persons flats and three workshops. Funding: £100,000 Total project cost: £131,299 Tolvaddon Business Park, Camborne, Kerrier Acquisition and servicing of 6.07 hectares of industrial development land and construction of 2,787 sq m of quality office units of 70 to 465 sq m in size. Funding: £2,998,818 Total project cost: £2,998,818 Penrose Farm, Indian Queens, St Columb, Restormel Acquisition of 4.84 hectares of industrial development land, demolition of derelict farm buildings, site servicing and infrastructure. Funding: £1,439,696 Total project cost: £1,439,696 Cornish Way: Section 4 Bude Phase 2, North Cornwall Reclamation of a section of disused railway, between Bude and Helebridge, to create a cycleway/footpath. Funding: £83,500 Total project cost: £115,500 Yeo Bridge, Barnstaple, North Devon Reclamation of a section of disused railway to create a cycleway/footpath including the constriction of a new swing bridge over the river Yeo. Funding: £172,723 Total project cost: £718,665 Lower Pengegon, Camborne, Kerrier Additional phase of reclamation works, to a former mining site, including knotweed eradication, building consolidation and landscaping. Funding: £125,713 Total project cost: £125,713 Marine Projects, Stonehouse, Plymouth Reclamation of an area of mudflats to create hard standing and construction of a 3,716 sq m factory for the manufacture of very large powerboats. Funding: £696,252 Total project cost: £2,321,325 Saltash Parkway Site F, Saltash, Caradon Construction of a 1,490 sq m employment unit on a serviced site. Funding: £370,142 Total project cost: £812,309 Combined University for Cornwall, Penryn, Kerrier Development of the first phase proposed at Tremough to include demolition works, construction of new access road, servicing of the whole site and construction of new digital media centre. Funding: £1,500,000 Total project cost: £5,200,000 Old Town Quarry, Weston Super Mare, North Somerset Conversion of a derelict building to provide eight managed workshop units and two training and exhibition spaces. Funding: £100,000 Total project cost: £124,500 Devon Coast to Coast Cycleway—Derriton viaduct, Nr Holsworthy, Torridge Reclamation of a section of former Ilfraeombe to Bude railway line to create a cycleway/footpath. Funding: £174,164 Total project cost: £520,700 Cabot Community Sports Centre, Bristol Construction of a multi-purpose sports complex within the boundaries of a Primary School in the inner city area of St Pauls. Funding: £260,000 Total project cost: £2,784,000 Safe and Warm Phase 2, Bristol Housing improvement project on three Local Authority estates on the northern fringe of the city, covering heating, insulation and security measures. Funding: £615,346 Total project cost: £1,578,304 Theatre Royal Production and Education Centre, Plymouth Development of a new centre to cater for the simultaneous production of in-house drama productions and large-scale music theatre. Funding: £453,500 Total project cost: £6,618,004 Plymouth Job to Job Wage Subsidy, Plymouth Project to support Intermediate Labour Market initiatives for two years through the provision of a wage subsidy for the long-term unemployed. Funding: £174,700 Total Total project cost: £707,038 Youth Link, Penwith and Kerrier Three-year project to provide advice and support for young people not participating or making progress through established programmes. Funding: £330,100 Total project cost: £825,198 Rural Counselling Programme, Devon Priority Areas Provision of a comprehensive rural business support service in rural Devon prior to the introduction of the Small Business Service. Funding: £57,234 Total project cost: £124,969 Devon & West Somerset Key Fund Provision of a block capital grant to provide accessible funding support to small-scale community projects. Funding: £213,575 Total project cost: £1,041,400 Bream Community Centre, Bream, Forest of Dean Acquisition and refurbishment of former community building to provide enhanced facilities and improved access to additional facilities. Funding: £116,000 Total project cost: £277,325 Kimmeridge Marine Education Centre, Purbeck Provision of an education resource for the community to learn about the marine environment and promote coast-related tourism. Funding: £35,349 Total project cost: £230,029 Ladock Parish Hall, Ladock, Carrick Construction of a new hall to replace the existing dilapidated timber building used by various community groups. Funding: £41,450 Total project cost: £205,450 Spanning the Century, Camel Trail, North Cornwall Improvements to ten miles of the trail by widening at the iron bridge near Padstow and enhancements to the Guineaport and Padstow entrances. Funding: £32,750 Total project cost: £846,925 Business Information Service (Enterprise Edge), Cornwall To provide up-to-date business information to Cornish SMEs for one year via a gateway website and 0800 helpline. Funding: £30,000 Total project cost: £268,991 Chacewater Village Hall, Chacewater, Carrick Demolition of existing premises and construction of a new building to serve the local community. Funding: £40,339 Total project cost: £323,022 Cornwall Objective One Technical Assistance Contribution towards the costs of establishing and operating the Objective One partnership office and implementation of the Team's work programme, including setting up and managing Task Forces and Priority Management Groups. Funding:£175,000 Total project cost: £1,797,358.