§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much funding was allocated for regeneration in Liverpool in each of the last six years; and how much funding he expects will be allocated in the 2003–04 financial year. [131295]
§ Yvette CooperLiverpool has received funding allocations from the following regeneration programmes (all sums rounded to £000).
§ Keith HillThe Sustainable Communities plan, published earlier this year, set out our plans for increasing investment in housing up to 2005–06. It also identified the actions that we will take to improve the availability and quality of social housing, including the establishment of Regional Housing Boards with responsibility for the production of Regional Housing Strategies and to advise Ministers on the allocation of resources to meet regional priorities.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is currently considering the Regional Housing Strategy for Yorkshire and the Humber, and its accompanying 279W Investment Framework, and hope to make an announcement later this month. The provision of sufficient new homes, creating mixed income and sustainable communities is one of its objectives. This is reflected in the Investment Framework, which in addition to meeting Housing Corporation commitments and pre-allocations, propose; commissioning a £51 million two-year programme from the Housing Corporation, in which one of the priorities is affordable housing in the 'Golden Triangle' of Leeds, Harrogate and York. There is also a further £10 million for the board to commission 'transformational proposals' relating to all the strategy priorities in 2005–06 from sub-regional partnerships.