Regional Planning and Development: Thames Gateway Grant Shapps To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much the Homes and Communities Agency spent on the Thames Gateway project in each of the last three years; (2) which public bodies received funding from the Thames Gateway Fund in each of the last three years; and how much was paid to each organisation in each of those years; (3) how much was paid to (a) the South East England Development Agency and (b) the East of England Development Agency by the Thames Gateway Fund in each of the last three years; (4) how much was paid to local authorities by the Thames Gateway Fund in each of the last three years; (5) how much was received by the Homes and Communities Agency from the Thames Gateway Fund in each of the last three years. Mr. Malik The Thames Gateway programme is set out in the Thames Gateway delivery plan published in November 2007. Until 30 November 2008 the programme was administered by the Thames Gateway Executive in Communities and Local Government. From 1 December 2008, the programme was transferred to the Homes and Communities Agency, although grant in aid for the two Thames Gateway urban development corporations continues to be paid out by Communities and Local Government. The development corporations, local authorities, regional development agencies and other public bodies that have received Thames Gateway funding in the three years 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10, together with the amounts, are: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Organisation |2007-08 |2008-09 |2009-101 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London Thames Gateway Development Corporation |44,000,000|50,000,000|35,000,000| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation |59,000,000|30,000,000|30,000,000| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Basildon district council |2,370,693 |4,436,981 |6,339,117 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Castlepoint borough council |99,779 |39,783 |340,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dartford borough council |4,068,190 |4,967,821 |6,217,700 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gravesham borough council |1,614,038 |1,434,000 |1,434,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent county council |6,648,872 |5,052,292 |8,920,915 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London borough of Barking and Dagenham |0 |0 |150,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London borough of Bexley |454,235 |341,490 |885,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London borough of Greenwich |2,205,671 |2,228,569 |6,112,520 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London borough of Lewisham |2,057,805 |471,599 |3,350,805 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medway council |100,000 |156,561 |1,560,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Southend on Sea borough council |455,954 |522,016 |3,000,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swale borough council |0 |0 |3,000,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England Development Agency (EEDA) |0 |0 |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) |5,553,001 |358,354 |4,025,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Invest Thames Gateway |246,165 |544,471 |962,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of Government Commerce |236,455 |0 |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment |335,644 |118,822 |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Land Restoration Trust |1,170,554 |5,000 |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Forestry Commission |1,081,365 |798,464 |0 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Environment Agency |853,500 |178,500 |580,000 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Amounts for 2009/10 are an estimate based on actual expenditure to date and forecast to the end of the financial year.| | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------