§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much of the(a) Parish Plan scheme, (b) Community Services Grant 3W and (c) Parish Transport Grant was (i) bid for and (ii) spent in (A) 2001–02 and (B) 2002–03 to date broken down by organisation. [75182]
Funds Spent Scheme Organisation Bid 01/03 (to Oct 1) Spent 01/02 Spent 02/03 (to Oct 1) Parish Plans Parish & Town Councils £0.92m £0.39m £0.53m Community Service Grant Commercial/Retail £2.09m £1.02m £0.87m Charities £1.22m £0.56m £0.56m Other1 £1.18m £0.11m £0.97m Parish Transport Grant Parish and Town Councils £0.97m £0.35m £0.6m Note:
1 "Other" includes private individuals, the voluntary sector and not-for-profit groups.
§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on supporting rural sub-post offices broken down by county since September 2001. [75187]
§ Alun MichaelThe Department for Trade and Industry established a £2 million fund in November 2001 of which £822,337 has been approved up to 30 September 2002. Of this £528,991 has been paid out. The breakdown of funds by English county and devolved administration is:
County Money Approved Money Paid Out Avon £370 £370 Bedfordshire £44,411 £24,411 Buckinghamshire £1,206 £0 Cambridgeshire £34,974 £19,267 Cheshire £12,355 £0 Cleveland £1,500 £828 Cornwall £22,141 £7,550 County Durham £2115 £1,998 Cumbria £23,231 £21,480 Derbyshire £72,944 £24,977 Devon £42,467 £30,574 Dorset £24,576 £4,200 East Sussex £3,663 £3,663 Essex £29,265 £20,030 Gloucestershire £7,000 £5,471 Hampshire £35,313 £28,329 Herefordshire £6,161 £208 Humberside £19,429 £19,429 Kent £31,391 £24,621 Leicestershire £43,678 £23,444 Lincolnshire £45,075 £39,167 Norfolk £9,277 £5,025 North Yorkshire £394 £394 Nottinghamshire £9,803 £9,803 Shropshire £15,950 £15,950 Somerset £10,475 £10,475 Staffordshire £27,689 £13,590 Tyne and Wear £9,864 £0 West Midlands £1613 £1,613 Wiltshire £9,441 £9,221 Worcestershire £9,187 £8,107 Yorkshire £38,952 £33,035 Northern Ireland £43,822 £33,575 Scotland £55,528 £30,100 Wales £77,077 £47,726 Since April 2001 the Vital Villages programme has supported 35 schemes, which included support for rural
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§ Alun MichaelI refer the hon. Member to the figures below. Annual figures for the amount of money bid for are not currently available. Cumulative figures for the whole programme period, split by organisation, have been given.
post offices. Figures broken down by county are not available but £373,211 has been spent on these schemes in total.
§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 6 February 2002,Official Report, column 987W, on the Rural White Paper, what information on expenditure and assistance has since been carried out by her Department on market towns; and if she will publish it. [75837]
§ Alun MichaelExpenditure on market towns in 2001–02 is estimated at some £2.5m by the Regional Development Agencies and some £2.5m by the Countryside Agency. Information for the current financial year is not yet available but as most towns have now completed their action plans this should result in a substantial increase in project expenditure by RDAs and other partners.