The Department of Communities and Local Government does not directly allocate funding to the regional development agencies. Regional development agencies are instead funded through a single programme, which is administered by their sponsor Department, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
My Department is, however, one of six contributory Departments to this single programme, with a planned contribution of £1.585 billion during 2009-10.
For information, total departmental allocations to the regional development agencies’ single programme for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are set out in the following table.
Regional development agency 2009-10 2010-11 Advantage West Midlands 295,165,000 212,003,000 East of England Development Agency 135,740,000 108,115,000 East Midlands Development Agency 160,322,000 131,304,000 London Development Agency 374,963,000 325,521,000 North West Development Agency 397,410,000 304,572,000 One North East 249,226,000 194,845,000 South East England Development Agency 165,097,000 132,562,000 South West Development Agency 157,463,000 124,580,000 Yorkshire Forward 317,475,000 228,160,000 Total 2,252,861,000 1,761,662,000
It should be noted that allocations for 2010-11 are currently indicative.
Single programme allocations for 2011-12 are yet to be determined, falling outside the current 2008 to 2011 spending review settlement.