§ Ms ShipleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what central government-sponsored programmes are under way to support physical regeneration projects. [59825]
§ Mr. McNultyI have been asked to reply.
1265WCentral government-sponsored programmes in support of physical regeneration are primarily implemented through the Regional Development Agencies, the London Development Agency and English Partnerships. For the RDAs and the LDA all funding is directed through the Single Programme. Details of English Partnerships' programmes are set out each year in the Department's annual report.
§ Ms ShipleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much investment has been committed to physical regeneration projects in(a) the last five years and (b) the next five years. [59826]
§ Mr. McNultyI have been asked to reply.
During the past five years the Government's physical regeneration expenditure programme has been undertaken principally through the Regional Development Agencies (RDA), the London Development Agency (LDA) and the Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)(part of English Partnerships).
(a) Gross cash investment on physical regeneration projects in each of the past five years has been as follows:
£ million RDAs/LDA (excluding PIP)1 Urban Regeneration Agency 1997–98 — 359 1998–99 — 463 1999–2000 108 322 2000–01 2182 247 2001–02 3— 10 1 RDAs/LDA figures are gross expenditure in cash terms on the Land and Property Programme. They exclude Partnership Investment Programme (PIP) expenditure for 1999–2000 and 2000–01, which is included within the URA figures for those two years. 2 RDA receipts for this year included £28 million of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). 3 The Land and Property outturn figure for 2001–02 has not yet been finalised. However, including PIP expenditure and £20 million of ERDF, it is estimated to be approximately £400 million gross in cash terms. (b) From 2002–03 onwards, the RDAs operate under a Single Programme. Funding for physical regeneration by the RDAs and the LDA cannot therefore be disaggregated from this offices' total contribution to the Single Programme.
Contribution to RDAs/LDA £ million 2002–03 1,278 2003–04 1,425 The URA forecasts its investment on physical regeneration projects at approximately £130 million in both 2002–03 and 2003–04.
The level of physical regeneration expenditure by the RDAs, LDA and the URA in the subsequent two years will be determined by the context of the Spending Review and, in the URA's case, also by the outcome of the present quinquennial review of English Partnerships' future role.