§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 21 October, reference 75837, on the Rural White Paper, if she will list the funding schemes administered by the(a) regional development agencies and (b) Countryside Agency on behalf of her Department; and if she will list the amount spent through each scheme. [77066]
§ Alun MichaelFollowing the commencement of the Regional Development Agencies single budget arrangements in April of this year they no longer run specific funding schemes on behalf of Departments.
The Countryside Agency's main economic and community funding schemes, available for application by individuals or organisations, are as follows (with estimated programme spend this year):
Funding scheme £ million Market Towns 2.49 Vital Villages Parish Plans 1.35 Community Service Grants 4.82 Parish Transport Grants 4.24 Rural Transport Fund 10.11 Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund 4.8 Local Heritage Initiative 1.68 Support for Rights of Way 1.35 Doorstep Greens 1.24 Millennium Greens 0.44 Walking the Way to Health 1.42