HC Deb 15 May 2002 vol 385 c664W
Mr. Borrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what changes have been made to the 2002–03 allocations of the regional development agencies since 16 April. [57318]

Alan Johnson

There has been no change to the overall budget for the RDAs, but, following consultation with the RDAs it has been decided slightly to revise the size of the central contingency fund for in-year shocks. £5 million has been redistributed between the RDAs. The new individual budgets are shown in the table.

Allocation1
RDA Gross Net of receipts
Advantage West Midlands 194,640 192,169
East of England 75,000 76,307
East Midlands 99,980 101,247
London 295,820 286,327
North West 284,740 274,827
One North East 192,360 185,338
South East of England 101,360 100,480
South West of England 91,880 93,840
Yorkshire Forward 220,220 186,620
Total 1,556,000 1,497,155
1Including additional programmes (regional selective assistance, broadband and regional centres for manufacturing expertise)