HC Deb 10 April 2001 vol 366 c493W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what topics are under discussion in relation to the proposed Single European Sky for report to the Gothenburg European Council in June. [157336]

Mr. Robert Ainsworth

The European Commission is still working on its Single Sky proposals which it intends to elaborate in a second Communication on Single Sky. Until the Communication has been formally presented to the College of Commissioners it is not possible to determine what precise proposals are to be put forward. The issue is expected to be discussed at the Gothenburg Council in June in general terms.

£ million
Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 12001–02
Housing Investment Programme 213.581 12.421 13.792 336.442 449.785
Housing Revenue Account Subsidy £853.30 per £958.02 per
dwelling — — — dwelling
Capital Receipts Initiative 2.878 9.702 10.111 n/a n/a
Neighbourhood Renewal Funding — — — — 4.198
ERDF funding — — — — —
Transport Supplementary Grant 4.835 4.501 3.490 0.245 2.250
Transport Annual Capital Guideline 4.785 4.802 3.653 0.535 0
Transport Block Supplementary Credit Approval 5.670 4.163 4.218 9.683 2.250
Rural Bus Challenge Grant 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Bus Subsidy Grant 0 0 0 0 0
1 Where known
2 1997–98 HIP allocation inherited from the previous Government's spending plans. Present Government introduced CRI from 1997–98.
3 Single Housing Pot introduced from 2000–01 resulting in CRI being merged with HIP.
4 Resource accounting has resulted in a change to the way capital resources are allocated for 2001–02, with the introduction of a new Major Repairs Allowance (MRA) to cover the cost of maintaining local authority housing in a sound condition. The Leeds MRA allocation for 2001–02 is £35.656 million and, for comparison purposes, is included in the 2001–02 HIP allocation above.

Note:

Leeds' overall capital allocation of £49.785 million represents an increase of 266.7 per cent. on the inherited 1997–98 allocation.

Further transport figures:

In addition, the following funds have been allocated to the West Yorkshire PTA, some of which have been/will be spent in the Leeds CC area.

Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Transport Block Supplementary Credit Approval 0 0 3.000 2.500 157.607
Rural Bus Challenge Grant 0 0 0.364 0.209 0.917
Rural Bus Subsidy Grant 0 0.556 0.556 0.556 0.710
1 This figures has yet to be split between the five West Yorkshire authorities.

The Leeds Initiative SRB Round 1 scheme: Removing barriers—creating opportunities

The programme consists of a package of employment and job creation measures designed to reduce unemployment and crime in inner city areas. The scheme is focused on four Community Priority Areas (CPAs):

  • East Leeds CPA
  • North Leeds CPA
  • West Leeds CPA
  • South Leeds CPA.