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Regional Development Agencies

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 9 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding was made available to each regional development agency by the (a) Department for Education and Skills, (b) Department for Culture, Media and Sport, (c) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (d) Department of Health, (e) Home Office, (f) Department for Transport, (g) Department for Work and Pensions and (h) Department for Communities and Local Government in each year from 2001-02 to 2005-06; and what funding has been allocated for 2006-07 and 2007-08. (112793)

The following tables show the funding made available to the Regional Development Agencies from the Government Departments that contribute to the Single Pot, and the allocations made to the Regional Development Agencies for 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Single Pot contributions 2001-02 to 2005-06

£ million

Government Department

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Department of Trade and Industry

71

160

179

234

595

Department for Communities and Local Government (formerly Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)

1,196

1,369

1,552

1,511

1,492

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

80

42

41

46

77

Department for Education and Skills

57

42

42

42

43

UK Trade and Investment

12

12

12

13

15

Department for Culture Media and Sport

0

0

0

2

4

The Department of Health, the Home Office, the Department for Transport and the Department for Work and Pensions do not contribute to the RDA's core grant (the Single Pot).

RDA allocations for 2006-07 and 2007-08

£ million

Regional Development Agencies

2006-07

2,319

2007-08

2,309