To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will increase the funds for the single regeneration budget to ensure a higher success rate in bids. [11609]
As existing commitments under the programmes combined within the single regeneration budget are fulfilled, so increased resources are being made available for the bidding rounds for the SRB challenge fund. Under current plans, the challenge fund element of the SRB will increase from £125 million in 1995–96 to £600 million in 1988–99. Many unsuccessful bidders from round 1 in 1994 came back with greatly improved and successful bids for round 2, demonstrating the strength of local partnerships. Unsuccessful bidders last year will have the chance to hid again in round 3 this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his policy in respect of changes in public expenditure plans for the regeneration budget before May 1997. [11608]
Regeneration work, such as housing, training and economic development initiatives, are supported through main programme expenditure by various Government Departments. This is supplemented by targeted programmes which have been brought together in the single regeneration budget.Under current plans, the single regeneration budget will provide over £1.3 billion for regeneration work in each of the three years 1995–96 to 1997–98—a total of some £4 billion. During this period there will be some £870 million available for funding new regeneration schemes successful in bidding rounds for the competitive SRB challenge fund. In 1998–99, under current plans, the challenge fund element of the SRB will increase to £600 million, by which time new schemes from four bidding rounds will be under way.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 9 January, Official Report, columns 25–26, if he will list for each of the challenge fund schemes which included plans to assist business start-ups how many start-ups they estimated would be helped; and what was the average sum estimated to be made available for each start-up by each scheme. [11944]
Information on the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each challenge fund scheme is given.Information about the average sum estimated to be made available for each start-up for each scheme is not available. As explained in my replies to the hon. Member on 9 January,
Official Report, column 25, and 17 January, Official Report column 603, the single regeneration budget challenge fund provides support to local partnerships for schemes which incorporate a wide range of economic, environmental and social measures, including the business start-ups set out in the table. Schemes approved to date stand to receive some £1.7 billion in challenge fund support overall. Within the resources made available to each approved scheme, it is for partnerships to determine the support provided for business start-ups. This accords with our intention of encouraging partnerships to tackle regeneration in ways
that are appropriate to their local needs and priorities. It is not therefore possible to estimate the sums provided for start-ups from the records held centrally or at Government offices.
Challenge fund scheme under rounds 1 and 2 and the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each scheme are as follows:
| |
Scheme
| Number
|
A New Start for Netherfield | 20 |
Action for Haslingden | 58 |
All Change at Crewe | 28 |
Altogether Wight | 436 |
Amble Challenge Bid | 10 |
Amble Regeneration | 4 |
Appleby Heritage Centre | 48 |
Ashfield Partnership | 820 |
Backing Winners Business Support | 2,250 |
Birmingham SRB | 4,861 |
Birmingham: 1996–2003 | 135 |
Blackbird Leys Redevelopment Initiative | 2 |
Blackbird Leys/Temple Cowley Regeneration Partnership | 375 |
Blackburn SRB | 606 |
Blackpool Challenge Partnership | 525 |
Blueprint for the Community (Bognor Regis) | 70 |
Boston 2000 | 278 |
Breaking the Cycle—From Dependence to Independence | 30 |
Brighton Regeneration Partnership | 47 |
Bristol 2020 | 67 |
Brixham Business Development Project | 40 |
Burton: A Better Future | 500 |
Business 2000 | 673 |
Canning Town | 500 |
Central Stepney Regeneration Programme | 14 |
Chart 99 | 30 |
Cheetham and Broughton Initiative | 260 |
CILNTEC Contributing to A World Class City | 930 |
Cityvision's First Challenge Fund Bid for Hull | 62 |
Coalfield Renaissance | 368 |
Cobridge Community Renewal | 87 |
Community Works | 307 |
Communities First in Rural Somerset | 21 |
Congleton Town and Industry Initiative | 51 |
Connected Community for the 21st Century | 5 |
Consett Southern Area | 200 |
Corby Urban Village Restoration Scheme | 16 |
Cornwall Developing in Partnership | 322 |
County Durham SRB Partnership | 1,200 |
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnerships Ltd. | 1,915 |
Creating A Sustainable Black Country Urban Forest | 3 |
Creekside Renewal: Building Bridges | 74 |
Crime Reduction, Employment and Training Queen Parks Kilburn | 50 |
Crosby/Scunthorpe Town Centre | 380 |
Cross River Partnership 1995 | 97 |
Dartford and Thames Gateway Foyer Project | 4 |
Derby-DaubHill Deane: A Partnership for Prosperity | 277 |
Derby's Rail Corridor—Opportunity for Global Change | 128 |
Destination Bassetlaw | 785 |
Developing Park Royal's Offer | 106 |
Developing Stronger Communities (Barnsley) | 18 |
Dewsbury: Fabric for the future | 232 |
Dingle 2000 | 40 |
East Durham Task Force | 500 |
East Gateshead Regeneration | 30 |
East Kent Initiative | 25 |
Economic Development Support for New Business | 850 |
Elland Initiative Partnership | 5 |
Employment Creation in the Hawtec Area | 1.725 |
Empowering Enterprise in Local Communities | 20 |
Energise Eastbourne | 200 |
Challenge fund scheme under rounds 1 and 2 and the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each scheme are as follows:
| |
Scheme
| Number
|
Enhancing the Development of Ethnic Minorities | 17 |
Enterprise 200 Norfolk and Waveney TEC | 1,050 |
EPICC | 21 |
Epicentre Strategy | 500 |
Foundations for the Future | 530 |
Gainsborough Regeneration | 60 |
Going for Growth (Doncaster) | 1,310 |
Goole "Foundation for the Furure" | 48 |
Grays Regeneration | 7 |
Greater Peterborough TEC | 480 |
Green Street SRB | 300 |
Greenwich 2000—Tourism development | 80 |
Grimsby Regeneration Partnership | 80 |
Grow Your Own Job and Business Diversification Rural Areas | 790 |
Growing Together: Youth and Inner City Regen etc. (Sheffield) | 34 |
Hamilton Quarter Initiative | 94 |
Hardwick Community Partnership Regeneration Project | 36 |
Haringey and Enfield Young People and Offenders Emp. | 24 |
Hayes/west Drayton Corridor | 200 |
Heart of Barrow | 250 |
Hertfordshire Enterprise Alliance | 38 |
Hertfordshire TEC | 720 |
Huddersfield Challenge | 92 |
Hulls First SRB Bid | 1,450 |
Huyton | 53 |
Improving Labour Market Flexibility | 35 |
Initiative Burnley | 1,391 |
Inner City Lifeline | 166 |
Investing in Derby People | 262 |
Ipswich West Dock regeneration | 90 |
Jobs Guidance and Training for Central London Refugees | 70 |
Keighley: A Local Strategy | 630 |
Knowsley Industrial Park | 100 |
Lairdside | 77 |
Lea Bridge—A Gateway to Opportunity | 151 |
Lea Valley (Poplar) Joint Venture Initiative | 2 |
Leeds: Rebuilding Our Communities | 77 |
Leek Regeneration: Securing a Future for a Market Town | 12 |
Leicester's 1996-97 Challenge Fund Bid | 128 |
London East Manufacturing Initiative | 15 |
London East TEC Assist | 300 |
Loughborough Town Partnership | 30 |
Loughborough University of Tech: a Competiveness Catalyst | 6 |
Luton Dunstable Partnership | 157 |
Luton Dunstable Partnership—Sustainable Regeneration | 210 |
Maidstone Town Centre Initiative | 10 |
Manchester City Council | 1,388 |
Manufacturing Excellence Programme | 10,000 |
Medway Towns Campus Programme | 30 |
Meeting the Challenge of Change | 319 |
Meeting the Needs of Newham's Communities | 151 |
Middlesborough Pride and Enterprise | 93 |
Middleton Pride | 94 |
Netherton SRB | 54 |
Networking Business and the Community | 5 |
New Business Growth Programme | 850 |
New Business Growth (Phase Two) | 155 |
New Dimensions for Stratford and Temple Mills | 181 |
New Enterprise Strategy Teeside TEC | 1,500 |
New Entrepreneurs Challenge Programme | 2.000 |
Newark and Sherwood | 200 |
Newhaven Economic Partnership | 107 |
Newstead Regeneration Partnership | 4 |
Challenge fund scheme under rounds 1 and 2 and the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each scheme are as follows:
| |
Scheme
| Number
|
Newton 21 | 28 |
North East Lincolnshire Challenge Bid | 90 |
North End/north Lynn Regeneration | 20 |
North Liverpool | 250 |
North London TEC Support for New Business | 900 |
North Shields Town Centre Regeneration Strategy | 359 |
North Solihull Challenge | 86 |
North West Leicestershire Coalfield Priority Area | 55 |
North West London TEC | 540 |
Northampton Partnership | 98 |
Northern Wards | 127 |
Nottingham—Capturing the Dynamics | 600 |
Old Trafford Initiative | 340 |
Older People—harnessing Potential and Providing Support | 16 |
Oldham Partnership | 1,400 |
Owton/rossmere Partnership | 86 |
Park Royal Partnership Ltd. | 16 |
Peckham Partnership | 60 |
Plymouth 2000 | 684 |
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Partnership | 633 |
Qualitec and Partners | 1,100 |
Queens Park Challenge Fund | 32 |
Raffles Community Development Partnership | 90 |
Raising Educational Achievement and Employment in Downham | 5 |
Regenerating Central Brighton | 55 |
Regenerating King's Cross—Gateway to Europe | 296 |
Regenerating Wembley Park | 80 |
Regeneration in West Chester | 252 |
Regeneration of Shields Road District Centre and Newcastles ea | 24 |
Regeneration Through People | 1,000 |
Releasing Local Potential | 127 |
Remaking Chalkhill | 5 |
Removing Barriers—Creating Opportunities Leeds | 777 |
Renaissance of Blyth | 40 |
Revitalising the City Fringe | 60 |
Reviving the Heart of the West End | 64 |
Rochdale Canalside | 120 |
Roding Valley Partnership | 15 |
Roding Valley Partnership | 15 |
Roding Valley Partnership—Combined Bid L0026, L0027, L0028 | 7 |
ROYDS | 50 |
Runcorn on the Mersey | 105 |
Salford Partnership | 770 |
Sanderson Kayser Green Steelworks Etc Pilot (Sheffield) | 12 |
Sandwell Regeneration Partnership | 372 |
Sandwell: Capacity Building for Urban Regeneration | 78 |
Selby Waterfront | 27 |
SESKU | 55 |
Shaping Rotherhams Future | 804 |
Sheffield SRB Scheme | 1,233 |
Sherburn Road Regeneration Initiative | 6 |
Shropshire Business Support | 750 |
Silwood Community Forum | 3 |
Sleaford Pride | 45 |
Small Business Village | 15 |
SOLOTEC Greenwich and Lewisham Access Success Progress | 247 |
South Denes Peninsula Regeneration (Great Yarmouth) | 15 |
South Leytonstone Community Partnership | 200 |
South Tyneside | 60 |
South Tyneside Youth to the Future | 116 |
South Wandle Regeneration Strategy | 23 |
Southampton Regeneration Partnership | 206 |
Southampton's Bid | 99 |
Speke Garston | 141 |
Challenge fund scheme under rounds I and 2 and the forecast number of business start-ups over the lifetime of each scheme are as follows:
| |
Scheme
| Number
|
St. Helens Southern Corridor | 150 |
Stratford Regional Station | 4 |
Sunderland Partnership | 633 |
Support for New and Young Business in Staffordshire | 2,100 |
Sustainable Regeneration in Barnsley | 1,400 |
Swadlincote Woodlands | 180 |
Sydenham Estate Somerset | 40 |
Tame Valley Initiative | 586 |
Thames Gateway Technology Centre | 90 |
The Bakewell Project: A Window of Opportunity | 65 |
The Battle for Hastings | 280 |
The Brentford Partnership | 23 |
The Cannock Gateway Project | 136 |
The Castle Pride Initiative Scarborough | 52 |
The Centre for Sustainable Living, Castle Hill, Dudley | 12 |
The Eastwood/oakhill Challenge (Rotherham) | 6 |
The Glossopdale Project | 155 |
The Harwich Dimension (Tendring) | 60 |
The Heart of Worthing | 30 |
The Island and Royal Manor of Portland | 115 |
The Lancashire Manufacturing Partnership | 1,000 |
The Learning Community Initiative | 20 |
The Limes Farm Regeneration Partnership | 12 |
The Merseyside Learning Partnership | 38 |
The Miles Platting, Ancoats and Northern Quarter (Srb2) Bid | 123 |
The Ragworth Regeneration Project | 2 |
The Regeneration of Central Accrington | 49 |
The Villages Initiative | 3 |
The York Regeneration Initiative | 29 |
This Partnership Means Business | 2.070 |
Toureast London | 19 |
Turning the Tide—the Western Approaches | 114 |
Turning the Tide Morecombe | 100 |
Unlocking the Potential of Young People | 2 |
Upper Lee Valley Regeneration | 288 |
Urban Regeneration in Barton and Tredworth | 202 |
Vauxhall/Lambeth Walk Initiative | 3 |
Vauxhall: Crossing the Line | 25 |
Vital Centres and Green Links | 15 |
Wandle Corridor Regeneration Project | 20 |
West Central Halifax A Bid for Prosperity | 161 |
West Cornwall Initiative | 488 |
West London TEC Economic Development for New Business | 850 |
Whitehaven Development Company | 72 |
Wigan SRB Partnership | 1,589 |
Wisbech | 30 |
Wolverhampton | 1,246 |
Wolverton: youth, community and Business Symbiosis | 8 |
Work and Learn | 15 |
Wrens Nest Comprehensive Area Regeneration Scheme | 13 |