§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the budgeted expenditure by Government office region in 2000–01 of(a) the Countryside Agency, (b) English Nature, (c) the Housing Corporation and (d) the Environment Agency. [144274]
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§ Ms Beverley HughesThe budgeted expenditure, excluding running costs, by Government office region in 2000–01 of the Countryside Agency and English Nature is as follows:
£ million Countryside agency1 English Nature2 East Midlands 2.2 1.0 East of England 2.6 2.3 London 34.5 0.2 North East 3.1 1.0 North West 3.8 1.3 South East — 3.0 West Midlands 2.6 0.8 South West 4.5 3.1 Yorkshire and Humber 2.6 1.7 1Some spending, such as that on Millennium Greens, other lottery funded projects and social exclusion cannot be disaggregated by region except at disproportionate cost. 2Excludes Joint Nature Conservation Committee and budgeted expenditure of £9.6 million on national programmes that cannot be apportioned among regions. 3Includes expenditure in London and the South East. London and South East regional office boundaries for the Countryside Agency are not coterminous with those of Government office regions. The regional boundaries of the Housing Corporation and the Environment Agency are not coterminous with those of Government office regions.
Budgeted expenditure, excluding running costs, by Housing Corporation regional offices in 2000–01 is as follows:
£million Budgeted expenditure1 East 78.3 London 379.6 North East 67.0 North West 63.5 South East 78.7 West Midlands 65.8 South West 48.0 Merseyside 43.4 1Planned revenue funding cannot be split by region, and is not shown. Total planned revenue funding for 2000–01 is £149 million. Budgeted expenditure, excluding running costs, by Environment Agency operational region in 2000–01 is as follows:
£ million Budgeted expenditure1 Anglian 78.3 Midlands 56.7 North East 59.8 North West 53.3 Southern 41.4 South West 44.3 Thames 92.6 Environment Agency Wales 39.1 1Excludes Head Office and other national business units.
§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the budgeted expenditure of each of the Government offices for the regions for 2000–01. [144155]
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§ Ms Beverley HughesThe current administrative running costs expenditure (as at the end of November 2000) for each of the Government Offices for the regions is listed in the table.
£000 GO November 2000–01 Expenditure to date Budget North East 4,999 8,292.91 North West 7,945 13,630.52 Yorkshire and Humber 6,021 9,358.75 West Midlands 6,128 9,937.89 East Midlands 4,917 7,318.82 East 4,478 7,494.00 South West 5,428 9,465.30 South East 5,804 8,721.83 London 8,994 13,935.55 Total 54,714 88,155.57
§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what are the budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000–01 for the regional offices for(a) the Countryside Agency, (b) English Nature, (c) the Housing Corporation and (d) the Environment Agency. [144154]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000–01 for the regional offices of the Countryside Agency are as follows:
Running costs (£ million) Staff numbers (full time equivalent) East Midlands 0.7 22.5 East of England 0.9 26 London and South East 1.1 34 North East 1.1 23.5 North West 0.9 24 West Midlands 1.0 27 South West 1.0 31 Yorkshire and Humber 1.0 26.5 The budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000–01 for English Nature's local teams, by Government Office region, are as follows:
Running costs (£ million) Staff numbers (full time equivalent) East Midlands 0.9 34 East of England 1.7 62 London 0.2 6 North East 0.6 21 North West 1.4 47 South East 2.2 75 West Midlands 1.1 37 South West 2.6 89 Yorkshire and Humber 1.0 35 The budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000–01 for the regional offices of the Housing Corporation are as follows:
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Running costs (£ million) Staff numbers (full time equivalent) East 1.8 58 London 3.8 96 North East 1.6 45
Running costs (£ million) Staff numbers (full time equivalent) North West 1.4 33 South East 2.0 50 West Midlands 1.4 41 South West 1.5 37 Merseyside 0.9 26 The budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000–01 for the operational regions of the Environment Agency are as follows:
Running costs (£ million) Staff numbers (full time equivalent) Anglian 7.4 1,356 Midlands 8.9 1,271 North East 7.2 1,081 North West 8.4 1,203 Southern 5.6 875 South West 6.8 1,042 Thames 9.7 1,412 Environment Agency Wales 5.4 961
§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the(a) budgeted running costs and (b) staff numbers for 2000–01 for each Government Office Region in England. [144275]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe current administrative budgets (2000–01) for each of the Government Offices for the Regions are detailed in the following table.
2000–01 Government Offices £000 North East 8,292.91 North West 13,630.52 Yorkshire and Humber 9,358.75
Budgeted running costs (£ million) Budgeted expenditure,excluding running costs (£ million) Staff numbers (full-time equivalent) One NorthEast 11.7 122.8 228 Northwest Development Agency 14.3 164.2 211 Yorkshire Forward 8.3 158.4 195 East Midlands Development Agency 7.4 63.4 137 Advantage West Midlands 9.1 113.0 134 East of England Development Agency 5.0 32.9 86 South East Development Agency 6.3 72.3 115.5 South West Development Agency 8.4 72.3 181.5 London 6.3 273.6 88