§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much was budgeted in(a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02 for (i) Excellence in Cities, (ii) Neighbourhood Management and (iii) Business Brokers Programme; what funds budgeted for in each year were not spent; and whether funds were carried forward in each case. [81701]
§ Mrs. RocheExcellence in Cities (EiC) had a total budget allocation of £182 million for the financial year 2000–01, of this some £12 million was unspent and reverted to the departmental central budget.
For the financial year 2001–02 the total budget was some £303.1 million. Information is not yet available on amounts left unspent by the EiC Partnerships, however any unspent funds will remain within the EiC authorities to be re-allocated, this reflects new flexibilities now available under the DfES Standards Fund.
Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders (NMP) and the Business Brokers (BB) are two programmes which form part of the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit's New Ventures Fund (NVF). Plans for both programmes were put in place after the unit was set up in April 2001; there were no budgets for either in 2000–01.
The NVF had a total budget of £50 million for 2001–02. Of this £6 million was allocated to NMP in 2001–02 and expenditure totalled £2.4 million. BB proposals were less advanced and expenditure totalled £41,000. Some £22 million of NVF funding was unspent to be carried forward.
Both programmes form part of the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit's spending plans for this year 2002–03 and for the SR2002 period.