HC Deb 22 October 2001 vol 373 c101W
Mr. Prisk

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will estimate the expenditure made by his Department in implementing the recommendations of the Urban Task Force.[8161]

Ms Keeble

Recommendations of the Urban Task Force are being implemented by DTLR and other Government Departments in numerous ways. This involves both new and existing programmes and initiatives as well as fiscal measures. Many recommendations are implemented through guidance to other bodies or through reorientation of existing policy. Therefore it is not possible to identify the proportion of DTLR spending specifically relevant to implementation of these recommendations.

Mr. Prisk

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the recommendations of the Urban Task Force which have been implemented to date. [8160]

Ms Keeble

The Annex to the Urban White Paper lists the 105 recommendations of the Urban Task Force and the Government's response to them, including how we have taken them forward.

Many of the task force recommendations were incorporated into the Urban White Paper. DTLR's website includes an "Urban White Paper Implementation Plan" which provides an account of progress to date and the key things we aim to achieve over the next two years.