To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Objective Two and Three European funding Advantage West Midlands has (a) applied for and (b) received in each financial year since its inception; and how much was spent on projects in North Staffordshire in each year. [12261]

The information requested is as follows.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the grant-in-aid spending by Advantage West Midlands was in each financial year since its inception; how much was spent on projects in North Staffordshire in each year; how much was spent under the (a) land and property regeneration, (b) skills development and rapid response, (c) rural regeneration, (d) regional innovation fund, (e) inward investment and (f) applied to purchase operations and assets headings in each year; and how much of each was spent in (i) Stoke-on-Trent, (ii) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (iii) Staffordshire Moorlands and (iv) Stafford. [122618]

The tables highlight spend in the various categories and four geographical areas stated in the PQ.The first table gives a breakdown of expenditure in the four areas, Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire Moorlands and Stafford against five of the stated categories [Land and Property, Skills/RRF, Rural, Regional Innovation Fund and Inward Investment].The second table highlights the funds to "applied to purchase operations and asset headings" [i.e. capital and revenue expenditure] in the four areas. This table includes other expenditure such as SRB and RS A but excludes Regeneration Zone expenditure that cannot be clearly allocated to one of the four areas.