HC Deb 10 February 2000 vol 344 c234W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the initiatives launched by his Department since May 1997 under which specific grants are allocated, indicating in each case and for each financial year the funding provided by central Government. [109310]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The information requested is given in the table.

£ million
Initiative 1997–98 1998–99 1999– 2000
New Deal for Communities 0 12.5 48.5
Rough Sleepers—London 0 0 18.4
Rough Sleepers—Outside London 0 0 13.2
Coalfields Regeneration Trust 0 117.7 10.0
Coalfields Fund 0 0 5.0
Grants to Audit Commission for Best Value Inspections 0 0 5.0
Rural Bus Subsidy Grant 0 32.5 32.5
Rural Bus Challenge 0 5.0 15.0
Rural Transport Partnership 0 4.2 4.2
Rail Passenger Partnership/ Infrastructure Investment Fund 0 0 20.0
1 Includes Coalfields Fund allocation for 1998–99