§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what the individual budget of each regional assembly and regional planning authority in England(a) was last year, (b) is for the current year and (c) is budgeted for next year. [141724]
§ Ms Beverley Hughes[holding answer 11 December 2000]: Budgets for voluntary regional assemblies and regional planning fora are matters for them. The Department does not have information on budgets for the assemblies but is currently collecting information on regional planning budgets. The Department has provided an additional £6 million in 2000–01 to 2003–04 for expenditure on regional planning in recognition of the new arrangements set out in PPG11.