§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many local branches of(a) Children's Fund, (b) Coalfields Programme, (c) Crime and Disorder, (d) Early Years Development and Childcare, (e) education action zones, (f) employment zones, (g) Excellence in Cities, (h) health act partnerships, (i) health action zones, (j) healthy living cities, (k) Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, (1) New Deal for Communities, (m) Social Inclusion, (n) sports action zones, (o) Sure Start, (p) Single Regeneration Budget and (q) local strategic
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§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the total level of council tax raised in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03 in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. [102875]
§ Mr. LeslieThe total level of council tax collected by local authorities in England in respect of 2001–02 during 2001–02 was £12.8 billion. This figure represents 96.1 per cent. of the £13.4 billion collectable.
The figures for level of council tax collected in England in 2002–03 are not yet available.
Figures for Wales and Scotland are the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly Government and the Scottish Parliament respectively.
Council tax does not exist in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what has been(a) the average Council tax increase and (b) the level of local government settlement in each of the last 10 years in (i) inner London councils, (ii) outer London councils, (iii) shire counties, (iv) shire districts, (v) metropolitan councils and (vi) new unitary authorities. [103363]
§ Mr. LeslieThe information available is tabled below:
partnerships schemes have been in existence in each year since their creation; and what the total level of funding allocated to each was, in each year since their creation. [98404]
§ Mrs. RocheSome of the information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
A table with details of the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund Allocation by region and local authority has been placed in the Library of the House.
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This is a matter for the Department for. Education and Skills.
Coalfields Programme
The Coalfields Programme is a national programme managed by English Partnerships. It commenced work in 1996–97 and has a total budget of some £385 million over 10+ years. The Coalfields Regeneration Trust is a UK wide, grant making body launched in 1999 as part of the Government's response to the 1998 Coalfields Task Force report. It has four offices in England with a total budget in excess of £90 million. Spend to date has been as follows:
£ million 1999–2000 1.6 2000–01 15 2001–02 23.3 2002–03 15 (est.) Crime and Disorder
This is a matter for the Home Office.
Early Years Development and Childcare
This is a matter for the Department for Education and Skills.
Education action zones
This is a matter for the Department for Education and Skills.
Employment zones
This is a matter for the Department for Education and Skills.
Excellence in Cities
This is a matter for the Department for Education and Skills.
Health act partnerships
This is a matter for the Department of Health.
Health action zones
This is a matter for the Department of Health.
Healthy living cities
This is a matter for the Department of Health.
New Deal for Communities
NDC is a 10-year programme with a total funding allocation of £2 billion. There are17 NDCs in round 1 which received allocations for programme delivery from 2000–01 and 22 NDCs in round 2 which received allocations for programme delivery from 2001–02. There are no branches of NDC. The allocations for all NDCs were as follows:
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NDC allocated funding (£ million) Partnership 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Newham 6.8 5.6 7.5 Shoreditch 2.8 8.2 6.8 Aylesbury 2.3 1.5 4.1 Ocean 2.1 5.6 6.4 South Kilburn — 0.9 2.1
NDC allocated funding (£ million) Partnership 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 North Fulham — 0.8 3.2 EC1 Islington — 0.9 1.5 Clapham Park — 2.0 2.4 New Cross — 0.2 6.5 Seven Sisters — 2.7 5.0 Brighton 2.0 3.7 8.6 Southampton — 1.0 3.1 Plymouth — 1.5 5.0 Bristol 3.1 4.6 4.6 Luton — 5.9 5.5 Norwich 3.9 3.6 8.3 Leicester 3.9 9.0 7.3 Nottingham 2.6 5.5 6.5 Derby — 1.0 1.7 Sandwell 3.9 6.2 6.0 Walsall — 1.9 4.7 Coventry — 1.3 3.5 Wolverhampton — 3.0 1.8 Kings Norton 3.3 3.4 3.1 Aston — 1.9 2.7 Doncaster — 0.8 2.9 Sheffield — 2.5 4.7 Bradford 2.7 5.0 8.0 Hull 3.5 6.2 9.2 Knowsley — 0.1 3.0 Kensington 1.0 4.1 5.6 Manchester 4.5 6.4 7.7 Oldham — 0.6 3.0 Salford — 1.3 4.0 Rochdale — 1.5 4.5 Hartlepool — 2.1 6.0 Newcastle 2.1 4.0 6.5 Middlesbrough 2.5 7.9 8.8 Sunderland — 1.6 5.4 Total 53.0 126.0 197.2 Social Inclusion
While there is a Social Exclusion Unit within the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister, the Unit has no local branches.
Sports action zones
This is a matter for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Sure Start
This is a matter for the Department for Education and Skills.
Single Regeneration Budget (SRB)
1,027 regeneration schemes were successful under the six rounds of the Single Regeneration Budget. Over £5.7 billion of SRB funding was allocated over their lifetime of up to seven years. The names of the schemes with lifetime funding, by each round have been tabled in the House of Commons Library.
Local strategic partnerships (LSPs)
The 2002 survey of all English principle local authority areas found that as of summer 2002 there were:
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- 294 LSPs in operation
- 35 partnerships functioning as LSPs (though not formally an LSP)
- 39 LSPs in the process of being formed
- 1 local authority area with no plans to form an LSP
All LSPs operate on a voluntary basis and are not formally accountable public bodies. Hence, for the most part they cannot receive direct government funding. For instance, the neighbourhood renewal fund is allocated to the local authority but they must collaborate with the LSP to agree how it is spent.