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Milton Keynes Tariff

Volume 456: debated on Wednesday 7 February 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much money has been raised via the Milton Keynes tariff since its inception. (112210)

The Milton Keynes prospectus, commonly known as the “tariff” is a planning obligation, under the Town and Country Planning Act and covers part of Milton Keynes. The final agreement has not been signed by all concerned parties, but a site specific planning obligation, which feeds into the “tariff” has been completed. The tariff has raised £39,493,897 from the following sources:

Government forward funding of infrastructure before development takes place, via English Partnerships - £30,402,236

Private sector planning obligation "in-kind" contributions - £8,170,000

Planning obligation funding - £921,661.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what projects have been funded by resources raised by the Milton Keynes tariff to date, broken down by (a) project and (b) value. (112211)

The Milton Keynes prospectus, commonly known as the “tariff” is a planning obligation, under of the Town and Country Planning Act. The final agreement has not been signed by all concerned parties. The Milton Keynes Partnership Committee's Business Plan (2006) does set out the range of projects and schemes that the tariff is intended to fund. The following projects have been approved to receive the funding:

Transport Improvement Abbey Hill (A5) Preliminary Work - £175,000

Transport Improvement H7 Bridge Preliminary Work - £221,000

Transport Improvement A421 dualling (partial) - £6,690,000 of in-kind private sector contributions

Transport Improvement - Junction 13 Interim works - £1,480,000, of in-kind private sector contributions

Transport Improvement -Kingston Roundabout Preliminary Work - £246,000

Transport Improvement - Ml Junction 14/Northfield - £3,072,254 plus £8,400,000 from the Community Infrastructure Fund

Transport Improvement road junction Pineham and FoxMilne - £5,618,855 plus £2,500,000 from the Growth Area Fund

Transport Improvement - A5 Portway/North Grafton - £1,943,515 plus £2,915,273 from Central Milton Keynes planning obligations.

Empowering the Voluntary Sector - Community Foundation Projects - £965,000