§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the grant for(a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04 to each national park authority is; and what the percentage grant uplift to each park authority is. [90442]
§ Alun MichaelThe information requested is provided in the following table. The differences in the percentage increase reflect a number of different pressures on individual National Park Authorities and on effort to achieve a fair distribution of the available resources:
Authority 2002–03 2003–04 Cash rise (Percentage) Broads 2,801,437 2,996,877 7.0 Dartmoor 3,721,705 3,977,323 6.9 Exmoor 3,059,765 3,318,950 8.5 Lakes 5,460,856 5,907,102 8.2 Northumberland 2,419,922 2,682,555 10.9 North York Moors 4,224,936 4,477,842 6.0 Peak District 6,721,617 7,161,069 6.5 Yorkshire Dales 14,583,616 15,037,283 9.9 Total 32,993,854 35,559,000 7.8 1 Includes £0.5 million for new accommodation. This was announced in a press notice on 28 November 2002.