§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the grants funded by her Department for which individual members of the public and organisations may apply; and if she will make a statement as to(a) the total of such funding in the last financial year, (b) the total number of awards and (c) their administrative costs. [82184]
§ Alun MichaelAcross the whole range of DEFRA's responsibilities there are a considerable number of grants available to individuals and groups and their size and scope varies enormously. For that reason the information requested is supplied by subject area as follows
Land Use and Rural Affairs
The table gives the breakdown of DEFRA's direct expenditure by grant scheme. Because of disproportionate cost, these figures do not include grant schemes administered by our non-departmental public bodies and agencies in pursuance of their responsibilities carried out on DEFRA's behalf. These include the Countryside Agency, English Nature, National Parks, Broads Authority and the regional development agencies.
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Grunt Scheme1 Funding 2001–02 (£000) New awards in 2001–02 Leader II 1,200,000 0 Objective 5b 24,500,000 0 Objective 1 37,660,000 36 Farm waste grant scheme 23,000 5 Farm business advice service 7,000,000 4,411 Planning consultancy advice scheme 107,000 134 Environment
Grant scheme1 Funding 2001–02 (£) Awards Darwin Initiative for Biodiversity Projects 3,000,000 31 new projects 47 existing projects Section 13 of the Industrial Development Act 112,000 6 awards National Security in the Water Industry 2,900,00 15 awards "Environmental Know-How" Fund (Funded jointly with DfID. DEFRA funded £2 million of the total grants in 2001–02) 6,975,000 42 projects Environmental Action Fund 4,200,000 112 grams Energy Saving Trust (funded jointly with DTI, DtT and the devolved Administrations, as well as by the private sector). 22,000,0002 About 10 per cent. of DEFRA's funding was used for grants. Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (now marketed as the Warm Front Team) Over 154,000,000 Installed heating and insulation measures in some 310,000 fuel poor homes 1 The administration of grant programmes is carried out by a number of different units within the Department to which a range of staff make a contribution. It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of these costs centrally. 2 About 10 per cent. of which was used for grants. Fisheries
DEFRA administers the EU fisheries grants in the Objective 1 areas of Cornwall and Merseyside and in the areas of England outside Objective 1. Figures are held by calendar year, not financial year. The amounts of EU and national grant awarded in 2001, and the numbers of awards were as follows:
EU fisheries grants1 EU and national grant (£) in 2001 Awards Cornwall 2,752,835 40 Merseyside 2,250 1 Areas of England outside Objective1 6,802,764 46 1 The administration of grant programmes is carried out by a number of different units within the Department to which a range of staff make a contribution. It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of these costs centrally. Food and Farming
Grant Scheme Funding 2001–02 (£) Awards Admin. costs Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme 13,860,399 890 35,554 Agriculture Development Scheme1,2 877,762 28 — Sector Challenge Scheme2,3 104,085 8 — 1 Grants awarded between 1999 and 2000–28 beneficiaries received payments totalling £877,762 in 2001–02. 2 Changes in the organisation of work mean that a separate administration figure for these schemes could be provided only at a disproportionate cost. 3 Grants awarded in 1997 — eight beneficiaries received payments totalling £104,085 in 2001–02 (this scheme is now closed)