HC Deb 11 December 2003 vol 415 cc536-8W
Mr. Woodward

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which projects have been(a) wholly and (b) partly funded by her Department in St. Helens since 1997; when each project was announced; when it started or was expected to start; what funding was provided by (i) Government and (ii) a third party; what third party provided funding; what the target group of the project was; what the projected outcome of the project was; and what the name of the project was. [141271]

Countryside stewardship scheme (part of the England rural development programme)
Project funded by Defra Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5 Project 6
Project was announced 2002 2002 1995 1995 2001 1998
Project started 2002 2002 1995 2000 2001 1999
Funding provided by Defra Defra Defra Defra Defra Defra
Third party n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Target group General public General public General public General public General public General public
Funding since 1997 (£) 558.75 477.90 3.000.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 2,000.00
Name of the project Access Access Educational access Educational access Educational access Educational access

European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund (St. Helens)—Objective 1 Merseyside
Project funded by Defra Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5
Objective 1 2000–06 2000–06 2000–06 2000–06 2000–06
Project started January 2003 September 2003 September 2003 March 2001 March 2001
Funding provided by Defra Defra Defra Defra Defra
Third party EU EU EU EU EU
Target group Farmer Farmer Farmer Land owners Land owners
Funding since 1997 (£) 23,000 16,000 18,000 66,000 150,000
Name of the project Farm diversification Food processing and marketing Food processing and marketing Forestry Forestry
Processing and marketing grant (ended 1996)
Project funded by Defra Project 1
Project was announced Unknown
Project started 1996
Funding provided by Defra
Third party None
Target group Poultry processor
Funding since 1997 (£) 162,474
Name of the project n/a
Environment quality and waste
Project funded by Defra Project 1 Project 2
Project was announced December 2003 December 2003
Project started April 2004 April 2004
Funding provided by Defra Defra
Third party None None
Target group General public General public
Funding since 1997 (£) 645,000 350,000
Name of the project n/a n/a

The latest information on regional progress in the national headline indicators of sustainable development were published by Defra in the second edition of the 'Regional quality of life counts' report on 21 June 2002. This provides updated regional figures and analysis for 13 of the 15 headline indictors for each of the English Government Office Regions. The Government's third annual report on sustainable development in the UK—Achieving a better quality of life—was published by Defra on 24 February 2003. Both publications are available on the Government's sustainable development website: www.sustainable-development.gov.uk. In addition, a wide range of information about the Department's policies and work is also included in the Defra Publication Scheme which was introduced in November 2002 and is available on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk.

Alun Michael

Information and statistics on the distribution of the Department's funds are not normally held on a parliamentary constituency basis. The following tables show as fully as possible details of projects that have benefited St. Helens since 1997.

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