§ Mr. McNamaraTo 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 Hull, North constituency, the effects on Hull, North of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [150615]
§ Ms Beverley Hughes[holding answer 5 March 2001]The principal kinds of funding that this Department has provided to Kingston upon Hull local authority in the years 1997–98 to 2001–02 are shown in the table. These include grants and borrowing approvals for revenue and capital expenditure.
It is not possible to determine how much of this money has been spent on Hull, North constituency. In most cases it is for the local authority to decide where within its boundary these resources are applied. 679W
Housing Revenue Account Subsidy £ Kingston upon Hull1 M&M Allowance per house 1997–98 718.91 1998–99 725.23 1999–2000 749.02 2000–01 789.96 2001–02 804.71 1 Figures are given as allowance per dwelling rather than in global figures because stock reduction in Hull would distort figures and present a false picture. European Funding
£13.4 million in grant was allocated to the Objective 2 Action Plan for Hull for the period 1997–99. An additional £9 million was allocated to the Deep tourist development and Kingswood industrial site development. Over 100 individual projects were supported within these allocations. Among the benefits will be: new employment opportunities; improved small firm survival and productivity; increased skill levels of employed and unemployed people; increased use of IT among small firms and individuals; and increased contribution of disadvantaged communities to their own economic and social development.
In the period 1997–99, over 25 projects (worth over £1 million in grant) were supported under Objective 3, with the aim of combating long-term unemployment and helping the integration into working life of young people and people exposed to exclusion from the labour market.
£ million Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–021 Revenue Support Grant 126.001 133.654 139.958 137.515 145.032 Income from National Non-Domestic Rates 64.585 66.985 72.276 81.373 79.005 Housing Investment Programme 6.445 6.819 6.780 18.340 26.926 Housing Revenue Account Subsidy 32.354 29.230 27.913 27.238 n/k Capital Receipts Initiative 1.669 5.748 5.959 n/a n/a SRB Funding 35.614 35.927 38.201 38.763 39.650 New Deal for Communities Funding n/a n/a n/a 40.250 40.050 Neighbourhood Renewal Funding n/a n/a n/a n/a 3.582 ERDF Funding 3.142 2.201 0.125 0.100 n/k Transport Supplementary Grant 0.260 0.351 1.286 0 0 Transport Annual Capital Guideline 0.425 0.351 1.286 0 0 Transport Block Supplementary Credit Approval 1.121 1.075 1.575 4.217 5.592 Rural Bus Challenge Grant 0 51.255 50.362 50.560 n/k Rural Bus Subsidy Grant 0 50.054 50.059 50.082 n/k Capital Challenge 1.8 2.377 0.823 0 0 (Supplementary Credit and Basic Credit Approvals) 60.399 61.118 60.0001 0 0 1 Where known 2 This figure does not include the Major Repairs Allowance allocated to the authority which amounts to £18.284 million. 3 Please note. NDC expenditure is in the East End and Hendon and not in the hon. Members constituency. 4 1997–98 SRB figures include Round 3 funding for 'Pride in Pennywell'. 1998–99 SRB figures include Round 4 funding for 'Releasing Potential in Hendon and the East End'. 1999–00 SRB figures include Round 5 funding for "Focus on Ford and Pallion'. 2000/01 SRB figures include Round 6 fundirg for 'Regenerating Thorney Close". 5Figures quoted are the full amounts given to the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive of whom the authority is a partner. 6Tyne 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.