§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make it his policy to require planning authorities to include data from their sites and monuments record to be incorporated into their development plans. [151866]
§ Ms Beverley HughesWe advise local planning authorities in Planning Policy Guidance Note 16 "Archaeology and Planning" to incorporate in their development plans policies for the protection, enhancement and preservation of sites of archaeological interest and of their settings. The proposals map should define the areas and sites to which the development plan policies and
150W proposals apply. It is for individual authorities to determine the extent to which they draw upon their sites and monuments records in preparing their development plan policies.
£ million Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Revenue support grant 100.7 109.0 112.6 111.1 117.5 Income from national non-domestic rates 57.9 60.4 65.6 74.5 72.7 Housing investment programme 6.5 6.0 7.0 15.9 17.9 Capital receipts initiative — 3.3 3.8 — — SRB funding (see note 1) 4.2 3.4 3.5 — — Neighbourhood renewal fund — — — — 2.7 ERDF funding (see note 2) — 0.4 1.4 1.6 — Transport supplementary grant 0.3 0.6 1.8 — — Transport annual capital guideline 0.1 0.7 1.8 — — Transport block supplementary credit approval 1.5 0.6 0.8 2.9 6.5