§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her reply of 21 May 2003,Official Report, column 767W, (1) if she will set out in respect of each region the amount allocated in respect of each of her indicators; [118214]
(2) when the allocation formula was approved and by whom; and when it will be reviewed next. [118215]
§ Alan JohnsonThe following table shows the amount of money initially allocated to each of the Agencies for the current financial year in respect of each of the indicators. The allocation formula was approved by my 901W right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in August 2002. The intention is that it will be reviewed at the time of the next Spending Review.
Indicator Regional Development Agencies 1I 2II 3III 4IV 5V 6VI 7VII 8VIII 9IX Advantage West Midlands 5 5 23 5 6 71 99 8 7 East of England 5 5 12 0 11 14 29 7 6 East Midlands 5 4 15 2 9 35 34 6 6 London 5 6 0 5 0 91 222 6 6 North West 5 6 36 5 9 134 126 9 8 One North East 5 2 23 13 4 58 107 5 4 South East 5 7 10 0 12 12 41 3 8 South West of England 5 4 21 1 22 16 27 5 6 Yorkshire Forward 5 5 27 25 6 74 98 7 6 1 Flat rate allocation for all RDAs, to cover common administrative overheads. 2 Population size. 3 Gross Domestic Product per head, where the richest region gets zero. 4 Research and Development expenditure per head with the weakest regions benefiting most. 5 Population of Rural Priority Areas. 6 Number of people living in the most deprived 10 per cent. of wards. 7 The hundred poorest authorities in terms of unemployment rate. 8 The amount of derelict land and pre-used land with planning permission. 9 The proportion of the working age population classed as partly skilled or unskilled.