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Regional Planning and Development

Volume 496: debated on Monday 20 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has allocated through regional efficiency and improvement partnerships in the last three years. (286577)

The Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships were set up in April 2008 and receive core funding from my Department. My Department has provided £50 million core funding for Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships since their inception in April 2008, and is committed to providing a further £135 million core funding over the remaining CSR07 period, including the £68 million investment I confirmed on 15 July 2009 for this year (2009-10). We also provide additional money for specific projects. Funding provided is as follows:

£

Revenue funding

Capital funding

2008-09

74,922,000

26,412,000

2009-10

54,000,000

13,500,000

Total

128,922,000

39,912,000

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what financial support his Department has provided to local authorities and their representative bodies through (a) regional efficiency and improvement partnerships and (b) regional empowerment partnerships in the last three years. (286579)

The Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships were set up in April 2008 and receive core funding from my Department. My Department has provided £50 million core funding for Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships since their inception in April 2008, and is committed to providing a further £135 million core funding over the remaining Comprehensive Spending Review 07 period, including the £68 million investment I confirmed on 15 July 2009 for this year (2009-10). We also provide additional money for specific projects.

It would not be possible to disaggregate how much the RIEPs support individual local councils and their representatives bodies.

This Department has also provided funding, via the Community Development Foundation, to the Regional Empowerment Partnerships (REPs), to support local government of all types to help improve their empowerment and engagement practice. It would not be possible to disaggregate how much the REPs support different types of councils.