§ Ms MoranTo 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 constituency, the effects on the Luton, South constituency of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [156165]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe principal funding that this Department has provided to Luton borough council from 1997–98 is shown in the table. These figures include grants and borrowing approvals for revenue and capital expenditure.
£million Nature of funding 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 12001–02 Revenue Support Grant 75.478 81.382 82.804 89.299 — Income from National Non-Domestic Rates 41.033 42.769 46.379 51.567 — Local Government Reorganisation Supplementary Credit Approval 3.575 2.160 0.186 — — Housing Investment Programme 3.337 2.978 1.843 5.920 2.952 + (MRA of 5.691) Housing Revenue Account Subsidy 6.939 6.262 5.889 5.597 — Capital Receipts Initiative 0.481 1.664 1.843 — — Cash Incentive Scheme 0.250 0.106 – — — SRB funding 1.430 1.570 2.000 1.250 2.900 New Deal for Communities Funding — — — 0.300 20.100 Neighbourhood Renewal Funding — — — — 0.754 ERDF funding — — — — 3— Transport Supplementary Grant 0.224 0.268 0.307 0 0 Transport Annual Capital Guideline 0.224 0.268 0.307 0 0 Transport Block Supplementary Credit Approval 2.704 0.913 3.730 2.574 4.919 1Where known 2The NDC funding is for the Marsh Farm estate, a project in the Luton, North constituency. 3Not yet known—13 wards in Luton have been designated for assistance under the new Objective 2 Programme (2000–06). Formal approval of the programme is expected soon.