(2) what proportion of the funding announced in his Department’s press notice of 8 February 2010 on eco-towns will come from each programme budget of (a) his Department and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency; and what proportion of the funding will come from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Details about the programme budgets to support the first wave eco-towns in 200-10 will be set out in the Spring Supplementaries, which are due to be published shortly.
The majority of the £60 million growth fund that I announced last July to support the first wave locations has been allocated to local authorities and will be paid via the HCA. In addition we have provided support for the HCA’s delivery role. DCSF have allocated £2.5 million from their programme budget to support greener schools.
I will decide on the funding allocations to the local authorities for 2010-11, pending further assessment of development agreements with investors. We will also need to take account of a range of factors including progress on delivery of projects, and we and the HCA will be having further discussion with authorities on these matters.