HC Deb 16 July 2003 vol 409 cc355-6W
9. Mr. Mudie

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on progress on neighbourhood renewal. [125867]

Yvette Cooper

Last year, the Government invested over £500 million in neighbourhood renewal programmes, including the New Deal Communities programmes, which involve local residents in major projects to regenerate low income areas, and over 240 neighbourhood warden programmes.