HC Deb 17 September 2003 vol 410 cc814-5W
Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his policy is on an Action Plan round for the Belfast Regeneration Office in the financial year 2004–05. [130211]

Mr. Spellar

With the launch of the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy Government has begun to explore the possibility of reallocating Action Plan moneys towards neighbourhood renewal as Action Plan has suffered from sizeable under-spends in recent years. Until decisions have been taken on this issue however it is not clear whether there will be future calls for applications under the Action Plan.

Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Belfast Regeneration Office teams have issued letters indicating that they are now closed for applications; which teams issued such letters; and when they were issued. [130212]

Mr. Spellar

The four Belfast Regeneration Office Area Teams, including Inner West, Outer West, North and South & East Teams issued a letter on 29 July 2003, to all community groups on the BRO database. This letter indicated that each BRO Team would not be open to new applications from 1 August 2003, as Area Team budgets would shortly be fully committed for the 2003–04 financial year.

Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget for each of the Belfast Regeneration Office teams is in the current financial year; and how much of each team's budget(a) was spent, (b) was committed and (c) remained uncommitted when they closed for applications. [130213]

Mr. Spellar

The table shows the budget for each Belfast Regeneration Office (BRO) Team for 2003–04, in addition to(a) amount spent, (b) amount committed and (c) amount uncommitted at 29 July 2003, when the Teams indicated that they were closing to applications.

£
BRO team Team budget 2003–04 (b+c) (a) Amount spent (b) Amount committed (c) Amount uncommitted (d) Potential value of applications currently under assessment
Inner West 1,284,500.00 253,456.79 801,175.68 483,324.32 1,171,202.25
Outer West 1,045,500.00 128,529.99 300,554.22 744,945.78 1,560,711.35
South & East 978,500.00 166,922.56 501,222.46 477,277.54 942,216.38
North 1,207,000.00 116,252.00 356,833.00 850,166.00 1,400,000.00

Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Belfast Regeneration Office Strategy will be launched. [130220]

Mr. Spellar

The Government's Strategy for the regeneration of Belfast will be articulated in two documents, namelyThe Neighbourhood Renewal Implementation Plan for Belfast which will be published in April 2004. This will follow consultation on the draft implementation plan which we will issue shortly. The Belfast City Centre Policy Framework document which was the subject of consultation ending; on 12 September 2003.