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Worcester Parkway Railway Station
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the implications of the development of a Worcester Parkway railway station for (a) car use and (b) rail use; and if he will make a statement. [144506]
Mr. Hill: The proposal for Worcester Parkway railway station is at a very early stage. Worcestershire county council is preparing initial assessments of both car and rail demand for a new station.
Planning Law (Heathrow)
Sir Brian Mawhinney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what implications the recent court ruling relating to the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on planning law will have on his powers to decide on the planning application for a fifth terminal at Heathrow. [144442]
Ms Beverley Hughes: Our general position was announced on 19 December 2000, Official Report, column 119W. The Heathrow terminal 5 decision will be handled in accordance with that statement.
As the statement explained, the existing primary legislation continues to apply and the Secretary of State has a duty to continue determining cases which have been called in. In all cases the Secretary of State will proceed in accordance with his usual practice.
Leave to appeal the judgment has been granted, although whether any appeal will be heard by the Court of Appeal or by the House of Lords directly is still to be resolved. As the statement indicated, if the decision of the High Court is upheld on appeal, the Government will have to decide how to deal with the incompatibility identified.
Expenditure
Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the budgeted expenditure by Government office region in 2000-01 of (a) the Countryside Agency, (b) English Nature, (c) the Housing Corporation and (d) the Environment Agency. [144274]
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Ms Beverley Hughes: The budgeted expenditure, excluding running costs, by Government office region in 2000-01 of the Countryside Agency and English Nature is as follows:
| Countryside agency(1) | English Nature(2) | |
|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 2.2 | 1.0 |
| East of England | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| London | (3)4.5 | 0.2 |
| North East | 3.1 | 1.0 |
| North West | 3.8 | 1.3 |
| South East | -- | 3.0 |
| West Midlands | 2.6 | 0.8 |
| South West | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 2.6 | 1.7 |
(1) Some spending, such as that on Millennium Greens, other lottery funded projects and social exclusion cannot be disaggregated by region except at disproportionate cost.
(2) Excludes Joint Nature Conservation Committee and budgeted expenditure of £9.6 million on national programmes that cannot be apportioned among regions.
(3) Includes expenditure in London and the South East. London and South East regional office boundaries for the Countryside Agency are not coterminous with those of Government office regions.
The regional boundaries of the Housing Corporation and the Environment Agency are not coterminous with those of Government office regions.
Budgeted expenditure, excluding running costs, by Housing Corporation regional offices in 2000-01 is as follows:
| Budgeted expenditure(4) | |
|---|---|
| East | 78.3 |
| London | 379.6 |
| North East | 67.0 |
| North West | 63.5 |
| South East | 78.7 |
| West Midlands | 65.8 |
| South West | 48.0 |
| Merseyside | 43.4 |
(4) Planned revenue funding cannot be split by region, and is not shown. Total planned revenue funding for 2000-01 is £149 million.
Budgeted expenditure, excluding running costs, by Environment Agency operational region in 2000-01 is as follows:
| Budgeted expenditure(5) | |
|---|---|
| Anglian | 78.3 |
| Midlands | 56.7 |
| North East | 59.8 |
| North West | 53.3 |
| Southern | 41.4 |
| South West | 44.3 |
| Thames | 92.6 |
| Environment Agency Wales | 39.1 |
(5) Excludes Head Office and other national business units.
Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the budgeted expenditure of each of the Government offices for the regions for 2000-01. [144155]
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Ms Beverley Hughes: The current administrative running costs expenditure (as at the end of November 2000) for each of the Government Offices for the regions is listed in the table.
| GO November 2000-01 | Expenditure to date | Budget |
|---|---|---|
| North East | 4,999 | 8,292.91 |
| North West | 7,945 | 13,630.52 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 6,021 | 9,358.75 |
| West Midlands | 6,128 | 9,937.89 |
| East Midlands | 4,917 | 7,318.82 |
| East | 4,478 | 7,494.00 |
| South West | 5,428 | 9,465.30 |
| South East | 5,804 | 8,721.83 |
| London | 8,994 | 13,935.55 |
| Total | 54,714 | 88,155.57 |
Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what are the budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000-01 for the regional offices for (a) the Countryside Agency, (b) English Nature, (c) the Housing Corporation and (d) the Environment Agency. [144154]
Ms Beverley Hughes: The budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000-01 for the regional offices of the Countryside Agency are as follows:
| Running costs (£ million) | Staff numbers (full time equivalent) | |
|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 0.7 | 22.5 |
| East of England | 0.9 | 26 |
| London and South East | 1.1 | 34 |
| North East | 1.1 | 23.5 |
| North West | 0.9 | 24 |
| West Midlands | 1.0 | 27 |
| South West | 1.0 | 31 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 1.0 | 26.5 |
The budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000-01 for English Nature's local teams, by Government Office region, are as follows:
| Running costs (£ million) | Staff numbers (full time equivalent) | |
|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 0.9 | 34 |
| East of England | 1.7 | 62 |
| London | 0.2 | 6 |
| North East | 0.6 | 21 |
| North West | 1.4 | 47 |
| South East | 2.2 | 75 |
| West Midlands | 1.1 | 37 |
| South West | 2.6 | 89 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 1.0 | 35 |
The budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000-01 for the regional offices of the Housing Corporation are as follows:
| Running costs (£ million) | Staff numbers (full time equivalent) | |
|---|---|---|
| East | 1.8 | 58 |
| London | 3.8 | 96 |
| North East | 1.6 | 45 |
| North West | 1.4 | 33 |
| South East | 2.0 | 50 |
| West Midlands | 1.4 | 41 |
| South West | 1.5 | 37 |
| Merseyside | 0.9 | 26 |
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The budgeted running costs and staff numbers for 2000-01 for the operational regions of the Environment Agency are as follows:
| Running costs (£ million) | Staff numbers (full time equivalent) | |
|---|---|---|
| Anglian | 7.4 | 1,356 |
| Midlands | 8.9 | 1,271 |
| North East | 7.2 | 1,081 |
| North West | 8.4 | 1,203 |
| Southern | 5.6 | 875 |
| South West | 6.8 | 1,042 |
| Thames | 9.7 | 1,412 |
| Environment Agency Wales | 5.4 | 961 |
Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the (a) budgeted running costs and (b) staff numbers for 2000-01 for each Government Office Region in England. [144275]
Ms Beverley Hughes: The current administrative budgets (2000-01) for each of the Government Offices for the Regions are detailed in the following table.
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The current number of staff employed (as at 1 December 2000) in each Government Office is detailed in the following table. The figures include senior civil servants, casual staff, staff on fixed-term appointments, staff seconded out, staff on career breaks, staff on maternity leave and staff on special leave with no pay.
| Government Offices | Number |
|---|---|
| North East | 283 |
| North West | 408 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 286 |
| West Midlands | 299 |
| East Midlands | 251 |
| East | 201 |
| South West | 267 |
| South East | 272 |
| London | 321 |
| Total | 2,588 |
Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the (a) budgeted running costs, (b) budgeted expenditure and (c) staff numbers for 2000-01 for each of the regional development agencies. [144273]
Ms Beverley Hughes: The most recent estimates are as follows:
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| Budgeted running costs (£ million) | Budgeted expenditure, excluding running costs (£ million) | Staff numbers (full-time equivalent) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One NorthEast | 11.7 | 122.8 | 228 |
| Northwest Development Agency | 14.3 | 164.2 | 211 |
| Yorkshire Forward | 8.3 | 158.4 | 195 |
| East Midlands Development Agency | 7.4 | 63.4 | 137 |
| Advantage West Midlands | 9.1 | 113.0 | 134 |
| East of England Development Agency | 5.0 | 32.9 | 86 |
| South East Development Agency | 6.3 | 72.3 | 115.5 |
| South West Development Agency | 8.4 | 72.3 | 181.5 |
| London | 6.3 | 273.6 | 88 |
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