North West Development Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the Northwest Regional Development Agency's budget was in each year since 1997. (145073)

The following table shows the Single Pot budget given to the Northwest Regional Development Agency since their creation in 1999-2000 to the present year:

RDA/Year	NWDA (£000)
1999-2000	141,367
2000-01	155,750
2001-02	269,688
2002-03	274,032
2003-04	309,092
2004-05	366,720
2005-06	381,831
2006-07	400,133
2007-08	408,904

Volume 462: debated on Monday 25 June 2007