Regeneration: Finance

Grant Shapps

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much each regional development agency spent on land reclamation projects in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. (265242)

The following table shows RDAs expenditure on land reclamation projects in each year since 2000. Figures are not yet available for 2008-09.

The figures provided include funds allocated to the ‘Land Reclamation Programmes’ inherited by RDAs from English Partnerships and, following their conclusion, any new environmental improvement programmes which have succeeded them.

*£ million*
RDA	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
AWM	40	50	44	102	80	56	59	46
EEDA	1		13	21	24	37	25	11
EMDA	5	13	13	3	7	2	4	5
LDA	103	149	140	108	129	122	131	144
NWDA	20	23	20	18	15	6	17	39
ONE	22	20	14	3	2	5	2	0.6
SEEDA	6	1	21	11	40	17	11	5
SWRDA	¹—	¹—	32	21	17	27	22	32
YF	12	5	6	4	1	0.5	0.7	0.2
¹ Due to a change in management recording system during 2002-03, producing figures before 2002-03 would incur disproportionate cost.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many land reclamation projects regional development agencies (a) started and (b) completed in each year since 2000. (265278)

The following tables shows land reclamation projects started and completed by RDAs in each year since 2000 to 2008. Figures are not yet available for 2008-2009.

The figures provided include funds allocated to the ‘Land Reclamation programmes’ inherited by RDAs from English Partnerships and, following their conclusion, any new environmental improvement programmes which have succeeded them.

*Projects started*
RDA	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
AWM	6	9	37	8	5	4	8	4
EEDA	5	2	16	15	4	8	13	2
EMDA	30	71	28	9	4	5	15	42
LDA	50	8	4	4	10	1	2	0
NWDA	56	49	52	43	20	12	28	33
ONE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEEDA	5	9	13	12	13	0	0	0
SWRDA	A	A	1	0	4	2	4	7
YF	B	28	13	6	4	0	1	0

*Projects completed*
RDA	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
AWM	0	0	3	11	12	18	9	16
EEDA	2	4	9	9	6	6	7	12
EMDA	22	61	71	60	48	52	38	32
LDA	10	12	13	10	8	12	9	5
NWDA	9	15	27	36	36	30	28	36
ONE	23	27	21	21	0	2	0	6
SEEDA	3	2	6	10	0	3	4	6
SWRDA	A	A	2	0	5	3	1	1
YF	B	25	21	21	13	1	2	0
Notes: 1. A new programme management recording system was introduced. To separate out this data would incur disproportionate cost. 2. To separate out this data would incur disproportionate cost.

Volume 496: debated on Wednesday 16 September 2009