Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government: Finance Mr. Stewart Jackson To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what projects the Improvement and Development Agency receives funding from her Department. John Healey In 2008-09, the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) received £25,335,000 revenue support grant (RSG) funding from my Department, to provide core services for local government improvement. In addition, £3,395,000 of additional departmental funding was added to the top slice the IDeA received to enable them to provide services which the Department wished to see supported, the details of which are as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- |Project |£ | -------------------------------------------------------- |Innovation and Excellence (inc Beacons) |675,000 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Good Practice—IDeA Knowledge and Renewal.net|300,000 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Programme Support |400,000 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Migration—Good Practice |20,000 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Support for the Leadership Centre |2,000,000| -------------------------------------------------------- | | | -------------------------------------------------------- |Total |3,395,000| --------------------------------------------------------