Rural Development Programme

Mr. Paice
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 674W, on agriculture: subsidies, how much funding has been allocated under Axis 3 of the Rural Development Programme England 2007-2013 to village renewal and development to date.

Huw Irranca-Davies
Since the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) was formally approved in December 2007, £4.03 million has been allocated (i.e. committed to projects or programmes of investment) under axis 3 of the Rural Development Programme for England 2007-13 to village renewal and development.1

1 Data provided by regional development agencies.