HC Deb 26 March 2004 vol 419 cc1117-8W
Ann Winterton

: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 11 March 2004, Official Report,

Government Office DTLR DTI DfES Defra HO DCMS DoH Total
North East 4,472 2,671 2,043 323 592 63 58 10,222
North West 7,367 3,953 2,848 628 794 63 117 15,770
Yorkshire and the Humber 4,985 2,571 2,340 564 692 63 62 11,278

Note:

All figures are in £000. DTLR became the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Department for Transport during the year in question and so for the purposes of this table, it is assumed that DTLR was in existence for the whole year.

(b) Information on the funding allocated by each central Government Department to non-departmental public bodies operating in each region is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In terms of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's non-departmental public bodies, only two, English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation, allocate their funding on a regional basis.

English Partnerships' Departmental Expenditure Limit utilisation for 2002–03 for the three regions was as follows:

£million
North East 14.5
North West 28.5
Yorkshire and the Humber 16.0

Programme funding provided by the Housing Corporation to registered social landlords operating in the region in 2002–was as follows:

£million
North East 23.7
North West 95.6
Yorkshire and the Humber 56.2

column 1712W, on regional assemblies/government, if he will list the funding for the year 2002–03 from each central Government Department to (a) the Government offices for and (b) the non-departmental public bodies operating in the regions of (i) the North West, (ii) the North East and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber. [163718]

Mr. Raynsford

: The information requested is as follows.

(a) The funding for the year 2002–03 from each central Government Department to the three Government Offices was as follows: