§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many projects submitted to the Merseyside objective 1 programme have been approved; what is the total value of those projects; how many projected jobs are related to them; and if he will make a statement. [156233]
§ Ms ArmstrongPriority Panels have approved 66 such projects, of which offer letters have been issued to 31 applicants and accepted by 22 of them. The total eligible value of these projects is £152 million and European Regional Development Fund grants of £59.75 million have been made towards these costs. The projects are expected to create 5,073 and safeguard 6,901 jobs.
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much funding has been made available to Liverpool for regeneration purposes since 1997. [156235]
§ Ms ArmstrongSince 1997 £356.97 million has been made available to Liverpool for regeneration purposes. The table gives a breakdown of this figure.
Source of funding Amount (£ million) Single Regeneration Budget 80.87 Estates Renewal Challenge Fund 54 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 145.2 New Deal for Communities 61.9 Partnership Investment Programme 113 Land Reclamation Programme 2 Total 356.97 1The Neighbourhood Renewal Fund figure is the total indicative allocation for Liverpool for 2001–04 In addition, the Merseyside objective 1 programme 1994–99 has made available approximately £338 million for the regeneration of Merseyside since 1997. Unfortunately, it is not practicable to break down this figure by district. A further £844 million of European grants will be made available for the Merseyside sub-region for the 2000–06 programming period.
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 21 December 2000,Official Report, column 312W, how many of the Merseyside objective 1 projects referred to the State Aids Policy Unit at the Department of Trade and Industry have been assessed by the unit; when the Government Office North West was informed about those decisions; which projects have been cleared; what their total value is; how many projected jobs relate to them; and if he will make a statement. [156371]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe State Aids Policy Unit of the Department of Trade and Industry provided advice on 26 cases; Government Office for the North West was notified of the decisions between 22 January and 27 March 2001; 13 projects were cleared to proceed by the State Aids Unit. Of these only 10 projects will proceed through the appraisal process, with a total value of £16,806,303; they are expected to create 100 jobs.370W
Projects cleared by State Aids Policy Unit
- Empire Reconstruction Phase 3
- Crawford House
- Mersey Forest Phase 3
- King George Bootle Credit Union Action Plan
- Kirby Lets and Credit Union Development Programme
- Northwood Star Community transport
- Dingle Community Learning Programme Building
- Stanley Dock Action Plan
- Beatles Themed Hard Days Night Hotel
- Oakmere Conference and Multi-Media Centre
- Scotland Road Gateway
- National Wildflower Centre
- Training Workshop Facilities.