§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions who the representative of the Scottish Executive is on the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal. [9013]
§ Ms Keeble[holding answer 19 October 2001]: Neighbourhood renewal is a devolved matter for Scotland. The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal applies only to deprived areas in England.
477WThe Scottish Executive will be publishing a Neighbourhood Renewal Statement for Scotland—due at the end of the year—which will set out a programme of action to regenerate disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Scotland.
We shall be seeking to ensure close contact between the English and Scottish approaches to Neighbourhood Renewal.