To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2009, Official Report, columns 726-30W, on business improvement districts, when each business improvement district (BID) was first approved; how many times each BID has been re-approved; what the result of each ballot held on BID approval has been; for what purposes each BID was established; how much revenue each BID has generated since its establishment; and if she will make a statement. (266505)

The following BIDs have been re-approved for a second term:

Reading

Bristol

Paddington

Liverpool

Coventry City Centre

New West End Company

Heart of London

Government do not hold the other information requested.

The National BIDs Advisory Service provided by the Association for Town Centre Management publishes BID ballot results which are available at:

www.ukbids.org/