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Luton Borough Council: Finance

Volume 487: debated on Monday 9 February 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what grants, other than local government finance settlements, her Department and its predecessors have made in respect of the Luton Borough Council area in each year since 1997. (252648)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government gave on 7 February 2008, Official Report, column 1304-05W.

Furthermore, the following table gives an update on the final outturn figures for 2007-08 and planned expenditure for this financial year for grants made by this Department other than local government finance settlements.

£ million

2007-08 final outturn

2008-09 plan

Supporting People Programme

4.646

4.520

ERDF

5.840

3.504

Planning Delivery Grant1

0.440

0.116

Homelessness programme

0.120

0.120

Disabled Facilities Grant

0.487

0.510

Growth Areas Programme2

9.279

19.566

LA Supported Capital Expenditure for Housing

1.756

1.756

Regional Housing Pots

0.342

1.000

Community Infrastructure Fund

4.784

Local Area Agreements2,3

4.529

Area Based Grant2

10.259

Total

27.439

46.135

1 In 2008, the Planning Delivery Grant programme was replaced by Housing and Planning Delivery-Grant.

2 Figures are allocated funding.

3 Direct funding from Communities and local Government for local Area Agreement grants, which was a pooling of many different types of grants previously funded separately, ceased, in 2008 and was absorbed by the commencement of the Area Based Grant in April 2008.