§ Fiona MactaggartTo 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 Slough constituency, the effects on Slough of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [146930]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe Slough constituency has benefited from a range of Government initiatives since 2 May 1997 including:
Capital allocations for housing Year £ million 1998–99 1.140 1999–2000 1.536 2000–01 4.634 2001–02 16.435 1 Includes £4.713 million major repairs allowance The capital allocations for housing were made following assessments under the housing investment programme. Slough borough council was assessed as being "above average" in comparison with other south-east local authorities in the 2001–02 housing investment programme. Similarly, in 2000–01 the council was assessed as "above average", and in 1999–2000 and 1998–99 as "well above average".
Single Regeneration Budget
SRB Round 4 (1998–99) "People at the Centre of Slough"
£2 million awarded covering a wide range of projects to tackle social exclusion in the wards of Central, Chalvey and Bayliss.
SRB Round 5—{1999–2000) "Simply Stoke"
£1.6 million towards tackling social exclusion issues in two deprived estates in the Stoke ward in Slough.
123WSRB Round 6 (2000–01) "PRREDASI"
A bid of £100,000, led by Slough's Racial Equality Council, was successful for funding research and action planning to promote racial equality.
SRB Round 6—Thames Valley Enterprise
Slough in partnership with Oxford, Reading and High Wycombe were awarded £1.7 million towards social enterprise work.
Local Transport Plans £million 1998–99 0.2615 1999–2000 0.863 2000–01 0.884 2001–02 1.312 Local Government Finance Settlement
The following figures show the Government grant to Slough as part of the local Government Finance Settlement.
Total external support1 £ million Date 1998–99 85.105 1999–2000 88.324 2000–01 91.955 2001–02 296.036 1 Revenue Support Grant, National Non Domestic Rates and damping grants 2 Provisional settlement under "floor" and "ceiling" option