§ Mr. HepburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out, 631W with statistical information, relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effects on Jarrow of his Department's actions since 2 May 1997. [153561]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe principal kinds of funding that this Department has provided to South Tyneside metropolitan borough council in 1997 to 2002 are shown
£ million Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 12001–02 Revenue Support Grant 67.806 71.803 77.809 76.875 81.201 Income from National Non-Domestic Rates 34.132 35.529 38.344 43.029 41.716 Housing Investment Programme 3.203 3.652 3.693 10.809 23.284 Housing Revenue Account Subsidy 17.224 15.952 15.527 15.741 n/k Capital Receipts Initiative 0.896 3.128 3.065 n/a n/a Loan Charges Defective Housing 0.062 0.062 0.062 0.062 0.062 SRB funding 31.857 36.382 38.448 37.941 36.983 Neighbourhood Renewal funding n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.692 ERDF funding 0.386 0.522 0.828 0.671 n/k Transport Supplementary Grant 0.409 0.254 0.536 0 0 Transport Annual Capital Guideline 0.409 0.254 0 0 0 Transport Block Supplementary Credit Approval 0.880 0.880 1.400 1.876 3.171 Rural Bus Challenge Grant 0 41.255 40.361 40.560 n/k Rural Bus Subsidy Grant 0 40.054 40.059 40.082 n/k Capital Challenge 0.788 1.222 0.990 0 0 (Supplementary Credit and Basic Credit Approvals) 50.399 51.118 50.0001 0 0 1 Where known. 2 This figure does not include the Major Repairs Allowances allocated to the authority which amounts to £11.071 million. 3 1997–98 SRB figure includes Round 3 funding for "South Shields Challenge"; 1998–99 SRB figure includes Round 4 funding for "People, Employment and Pride"; 1999–2000 SRB figure includes Round 5 funding for "Extending the South Shields Challenge"; 2000–01 SRB figure includes Round 6 funding for "Jobs and Community". 4 Figures quoted are the full amounts give to the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive of whom the authority is a partner. 5 Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade also received Capital Challenge funding. This was spent on the training centre at Barmston Mere, Washington, although the whole of Tyne and Wear benefited from the investment.