To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent by the New Deal for Communities programme since its inception; and what estimate he has made of the number of people assisted by the programme. [Official Report, 12 March 2010, Vol. 507, c. 14MC.] (317910)

Between 2000-01 and 2007-08 (the last year for which audited accounts are available) NDC Partnerships reported that they have spent £1,559 million in grant funding. The latest figures available estimate that there were 797,100 people living in NDC areas in 2007.

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Population figures from: Sheffield Hallam University’s Centre for Regional and Economic and Social Research.