To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much funding was received by (a) Government offices for the regions, (b) English Partnerships and (c) the Rural Development Commission for regeneration programmes by region annually over the last five years. [79494]
(a) The table gives the breakdown of regeneration funding by Government Office Region. The figures include expenditure on programmes which formed the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB), excluding English Partnerships. A forecast figure has been provided for 1998–99.
(b) The following table gives a breakdown of expenditure by English Partnerships regions. Before 1998–99, English Partnerships regions were not coterminous with those of Government Offices for the
Spend by English Partnerships Regions, excluding Greenwich
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£ million
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Region
| 1994–95
| 1995–96
| 1996–97
| 1997–98
| Forecast 1998–99
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| North East | 47.7 | 34.3 | 31.8 | 46.9 | 47.0 | |
| North West | 52.9 | 52.0 | 50.4 | 78.0 | 92.0 | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 43.8 | 55.0 | 40.5 | 58.0 | 53.0 | |
| Midlands | 63.4 | 58.0 | 67.8 | 55.6 | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | — | 26.5 | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | — | 48.0 | |
| South East | 10.3 | 25.6 | 36.0 | 38.7 | 9.9 | |
| Eastern | — | — | — | — | 4.6 | |
| London | — | — | — | — | 20.3 | |
| South West | 7.3 | 11.8 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 38.0 | |
| Total | 225.4 | 236.7 | 235.0 | 292.5 | 339.3 | |
(c) The following table gives figures for allocations made to the Rural Development Commission for regeration.The Rural Development commission's
£ million
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1994–95
| 1995–96
| 1996–97
| 1997–98
| Forecast 1998–99
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| England | 22.0 | 23.6 | 24.4 | 25.5 | — |
| North East | — | — | — | — | 2.6 |
| North West | — | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | — | 3.1 |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | — | 3.1 |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | — | 1.7 |
| East Anglia | — | — | — | — | 2.8 |
| South East | — | — | — | — | 1.6 |
| South West | — | —
| — | — | 6.0 |