§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the additional transitional funding for LASHG announced by his Department on 5 March 2003 is in addition to the £97million of Approved Development Programme announced in the Communities Plan on 5 February 2003. [109658]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister announced an additional £111 million of LASHG transitional funding, to safeguard schemes that could have gone ahead in 2003–04. This is in addition to the £175 million announced in the Communities Plan. The additional resources will be found from within current departmental provision.