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Aggregates Levy

Volume 410: debated on Friday 19 September 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding has been paid to the sustainability fund in each region of the UK from the aggregates levy since the levy was introduced. [127213]

The following amounts have been allocated and spent under the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund:

£ million
Region of the UKAggregate levy sustainability fund allocationAggregate levy sustainability fund spend
England58.620
Wales3.42
Scotland62
Northern Ireland1.9Figure unavailable

Note:

The reason for the Northern Ireland spend figure being unavailable. is due to the fact that their fund was never ring fenced. Therefore there is uncertainty about the exact amount spent on the Fund.