(2) how much of the deprived areas funds allocated by his Department in 2006-07 have been spent, broken down by district; and if he will make a statement.
[holding answer 23 March 2007]: Information on the Deprived Areas Fund allocation by district for 2006/07 and 2007/08 is in the table.
Information on spend from the fund is only available for one district; Forth Valley, Fife and Tayside. It has recorded a spend of £17,640 to the end of February. Information on spend by other districts will be available later in the year as part of their regular reporting process.
Any unspent allocation for 2006-07 will be carried over to 2007-08.
£ Jobcentre Plus District 2006-07 2007-08 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 98,877 313,000 Essex 71,305 226,000 Norfolk 69,404 222,000 Cambridgeshire and Suffolk 58,946 189,000 Derbyshire 173,034 537,000 Leicestershire and Northamptonshire 292,828 79,576 Lincolnshire and Rutland 91,271 287,000 Nottinghamshire 402,163 186,998 West London 373,640 0 Central London 438,291 1,349,000 City and East London 1,463,187 21,218 Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth 905,103 2,780,000 North and North East London 934,576 2,034,549 South London 598,965 1 ,405,983 Northumbria 533,365 0 South Tyne and Wear Valley 810,030 527,309 Tees Valley 518,153 1,596,000 Cheshire and Warrington 59,897 193,000 Cumbria 134,054 418,000 Greater Mersey 574,246 0 Liverpool and Wirral 791,966 0 Lancashire 509,596 1,167,223 Greater Manchester Central 803,374 0 Greater Manchester East and West 422,128 0 Ayrshire, Dumfries, Galloway and Inverclyde 436,389 1,344,000 Edinburgh, Lothian and Borders 160,675 97,897 Forth Valley, Fife and Tayside 405,966 793,303 Glasgow 946,936 0 Highlands, Islands and Clyde Coast and Grampian 365,084 1,125,000 Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire 442,094 1,361,000 Berks, Bucks and Oxfordshire 47,537 26,000 Hampshire 47,537 110,000 Kent 89,369 280,000 Surrey and Sussex 86,517 274,000 Devon and Cornwall 83,665 265,000 Dorset and Somerset 47,537 89,000 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Swindon 47,537 128,000 West of England 96,025 301,000 South Wales Valleys 922,217 1,233,587 North and Mid Wales 186,345 492,035 South East Wales 290,926 789,746 South West Wales 486,778 1,491,000 Birmingham and Solihull 821 ,438 0 Coventry and Warwickshire 90,320 0 Staffordshire 81 ,764 257,000 The Black Country 463,961 0 The Marches 0 0 North East Yorkshire and The Humber 301,384 932,000 South Yorkshire 538,118 0 West Yorkshire 685,483 2,105,000 Total 19,300,000 27,027,424 Notes: 1. Districts recorded as having a zero Deprived Areas Fund (DAF) allocation for 2007/08 are in City Strategy areas. In these areas, DAF money will be allocated to City Strategy consortia. 2. In the Marches district, only one ward qualified for DAF allocation in 2006/07. As this was a very modest amount, a decision was taken to carry it forward to 2007/08 and include it in the City Strategy consortia allocation. Source: WP Areas Initiatives and Communities Division