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Rural Development Programme

Volume 486: debated on Tuesday 20 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1183-6W, on the Rural Development programme, if he will provide the figures requested where England Rural Development programme legacy payments were made after 1 January 2007. (241026)

The following table shows the value of England Rural Development programme (ERDP) socio-economic scheme legacy projects for which each Regional Development Agency is committed to fund since 1 January 2007. The ERDP closed for applications under those schemes in June 2006. Funding for the legacy projects comes from budgets for RDPE 2007-13.

Regional development agency

Up to £5000

£5001 -£100,000

£100,001 -£1 million

£1 million plus

Advantage West Midlands

Axis 1

42,458

1,455,637

3,540,202

0

Axis 3

25,562

4,650,208

3,270,059

1,052,441

Leader

0

0

0

0

East of England Development Agency

Axis 1

22,233

578,711

1,608,141

0

Axis 2

0

0

233,757

0

Axis 3

867

979,757

877,811

0

Leader

0

0

0

0

East Midlands Development Agency

Axis 1

21,950

619,196

2,461,063

0

Axis 3

26,602

1,130,369

486,873

0

Leader

0

0

0

0

North West Development Agency

Axis 1

26,231

899,641

1,174,181

0

Axis 3

19,881

862,124

25,920

0

Leader

0

0

0

0

One North East

Axis 1

9,000

547,000

1,128,000

0

Axis 3

5,000

1,874,000

1,076,000

0

Leader

0

0

0

0

South East England Development Agency

Axis 1

23,654

1,314,369

2,614,079

0

Axis 3

0

1,608,485

438,301

0

Leader

0

0

0

0

South West of England Development Agency

Axis 1

21,452

616,777

1,455,953

0

Axis 3

20,452

977,273

587,086

0

Leader

0

0

0

0

Yorkshire Forward

Axis 1

2,435

352,795

327,871

0

Axis 3

7,762

611,182

374,218

0

Leader

0

0

0

0

The following table is a correction to the answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1183-6W, as it relates to funding commitments under Axis 1, 3 and the Leader Axis of the Rural Development programme for England made by the East of England Development Agency since 1 January 2007.

Regional Development Agency

Up to £5000

£5001 -£100,000

£100,001 -£1 million

£1 million plus

East of England Development Agency

Axis 1

22,233 (0%)

674,729 (53%)

2,081,851 (82%)

12,565,196 (93%)

Axis 2

0

0

233,757 (20%)

0

Axis 3

867 (0%)

979,757 (1%)

877,811 (0%)

0

Leader

0

0

730,000 (100%)

20,124,765 (99%)