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Regeneration: Bexley

Volume 502: debated on Wednesday 9 December 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department has provided for (a) regeneration and (b) housing projects in the London borough of Bexley in each of the last five years; and how much such funding his Department plans to provide in 2010-11. (304997)

The information requested is as follows:

(a) The following table illustrates the funding the Department provided to the London borough of Bexley for regeneration.

Thames Gateway Programme

£

2005-06

7,528,735

2006-07

17,911,209

2007-08

543,226

2008-09

2,580,050

2009-10

2,844,450

2010-111

4,533,905

1 Grant funding committed

(b) The following tables illustrate the funding the Department provided to the London borough of Bexley for housing projects.

£

Supporting people administration grant

Supporting people programme grant

Planning deliverygrant

LA decent homes

National affordable housing programme

Overcrowding grant1

Homelessness grant

2005-06

145,194

2,776,759

788,578

1,323,000

13,485,720

58,000

2006-07

145,194

2,776,454

493,062

0

15,221,744

88,000

2007-08

145,194

2,984,688

400,589

0

17,639,023

140,000

Supporting people administration grant

Supporting people programme grant

Housing and planning delivery grant

LA decent homes

National affordable housing programme

Overcrowding grant1

Homelessness grant

2008/09

137,934

3,193,616

93,4692

0

13,852,479

110,000

100,000

2009/10

127,045

3,417,169

83,1252

NA HP spend data for 2009-10 will not be available until 2010-11. No funding was provided for Private Sector Renewal and Regeneration

NAHP spend data for 2009-10 will not be available until 2010-11. No funding was provided for Private Sector Renewal and Regeneration

80,000

101,500

2010-11

108,895

3,656,371

No data is available for 2010-11 at present

Decisions about funding for 2010-11 have not been made

Decisions about funding for 2010-11 have not made

1 The London borough of Bexley did not receive Overcrowding Grant prior to 2008

2 This amount is made up entirely from the planning element of the grant—the London borough of Bexley did not receive any funding for housing from this grant.