§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Ribble Valley of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [157846]
£ million Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Revenue Support Grant1 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 Income from National Non-Domestic Rates1 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 Housing Investment Programme2 1.8 2.0 2.3 3.9 4.3 Capital Receipts Initiative2 n/a 1.0 1.1 n/a n/a Challenge Fund3 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.4 ERDF Funding4 0.01 0.04 1.0 — — Transport Supplementary Grant 3.7 1.7 2.9 0 0 Transport Annual Capital Guideline 2.1 1.6 1.5 0 0 Transport Block Supplementary Credit Approval5 4.9 3.1 5.2 511.0 28.0 1 These figures are for Ribble Valley district council. They have not been adjusted to make year on year comparisons possible. 2 Figures for Lancashire county council 3 There are two SRB initiatives in the Lancashire area, both of which could impact on the Ribble Valley: Raising Achievement of Young People in Lancashire—Round 2 A seven year thematic scheme covering the whole of Lancashire targeted at raising the achievement and enhancing the employability of young people who are disenchanted with the system. The aim is to reduce long-term benefit dependency, alienation and anti-social behaviour while enhancing the chances of individual prosperity and quality of life. Challenge Fund Total: £3.4 million—Scheme Total: £11.6 million Lancashire Tourism Partnership—Round 3 A seven year scheme to improve the competitiveness of the Lancashire tourism industry and develop Lancashire as a major tourism destination. The schemes primary objectives are economic development aimed at generating income, employment opportunities and investment in the County. Challenge Fund Total: £7.5 million—Scheme Total: £36.8 million 4 East Lancashire are eligible to bid for Objective 3 European Social Funding resources of around £240 million for the North West. A second bidding round is now under way, launched on 2 April 2001 with bids to be submitted by 25 May 5 2000–01—This figure is from Lancashire county council's provisional Local Transport Plan settlement.