Improvement and Development Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much direct funding his Department has allocated to the Improvement and Development Agency in each year since 2000. (286576)

The Improvement and Development Agency receives revenue support grant (RSG) funding from my Department to provide core services for local government improvement. We give additional money for specific projects from CLG allocations. Since 2000 they will have received the following amounts

	Improvement and Development Agency funding allocated (£)
2009-10	32,670,000
2008-09	28,730,000
2007-08	30,688,000
2006-07	36,924,000
2005-06	38,549,978
2004-05	21,097,000
2003-04	20,563,000
2002-03	14,212,000
2001-02	17,041,000
2000-01	14,939,000

Volume 496: debated on Monday 20 July 2009