HC Deb 13 February 2001 vol 363 c107W
23. Mr. Derek Twigg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many areas in the north-west of England are benefiting from the neighbourhood renewal fund. [148466]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The Government are providing £900 million over the next three years through the neighbourhood renewal fund to improve services in the most deprived areas. Twenty-one local authorities in the north-west of England will benefit from this fund.