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Regional Development Agencies: Trade Unions
Robert Neill:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles), of 9 January 2008, Official Report, column 676W, on regional development agencies: trade unions, what grants were given by each regional development agency to (a) trade unions and (b) the Trades Union Congress from the date of their establishment to the start of the period covered in the answer. [184730]
Mr. McFadden:
RDAs fund initiatives through a variety of third party organisations to deliver projects to increase economic growth, such as on work force development and economic inclusion. The specific focus and priorities of such activities are set out in each region’s regional economic strategy and will differ according to the needs, opportunities and priorities for economic growth in each region.
The following funding has been provided by RDAs to trade unions as requested in the question.
| RDA | Trade union | Project | Grant (£000) |
|
AWM
|
Unity Trade Union
|
Work force development project, ensuring individuals subject to redundancy were aware of skills in demand in their local area
|
333
|
|
YF
|
National Farmers Union
|
Research on rural development project
|
38
|
The following funding has also been provided by RDAs to the Trades Union Congress as requested in the question.
| RDA | Project | Grants (£000 ) |
|
AWM
|
Improving workplace skills across the West Midlands region
|
307
|
|
EEDA
|
Raising basic skills in the workplace
|
189
|
|
LDA
|
Trade union participation in regional economic development. Strengthening London trade unions capacity for more effective input to the design and delivery of economic policy and programmes
|
225
|
|
LDA
|
Adult Learners Week Fund, LDA/Union Learn/SERTUC partnership to stimulate learning in workplaces with trade union representation where union learning representatives recruit and support learners
|
289
|
|
NWDA
|
Capacity and effectiveness of trade union learning representatives. Research-based project commissioned by UCLAN to look at capacity and effectiveness of trade union learn representatives across the region
|
68
|
|
ONE
|
TUC and ONE “Working Together” project. Helping local businesses raise their profile
|
191
|
|
SWRDA
|
Trade unions working for the South West
|
427
|
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SWRDA
|
TUC Learning Services
|
8
|
|
SWRDA
|
Equalities South West
|
78
|
South East England Development Agency: Expenditure
Tim Loughton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will give a breakdown of the South East England Development Agency’s expenditure by main budget heading for each of the last five years. [186797]
Mr. McFadden:
The expenditure figures provided in the following tables are based on SEED A’s Annual Reports and Accounts. The main budget headings relate to SEED A’s Corporate Plans 2005-08 and 2002-05. The expenditure headings for the two plans were not the same.
| £000 |
| Programme expenditure | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 |
|
Business and international
|
46,987
|
49,478
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Learning and skills
|
25,641
|
23,667
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Development and infrastructure
|
54,743
|
33,931
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Strategy and sustainability
|
9,323
|
9,266
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Resources
|
8,150
|
10,301
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
DCLG (ODPM)—community fund
|
4,331
|
7,395
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Coalfields
|
991
|
257
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
European funds
|
7,260
|
6,416
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Subsidiary companies
|
14
|
22
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Sub-total
|
157,440
|
140,733
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| | | | | | |
|
Staff and admin expenditure
|
24,339
|
22,340
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| | | | | | |
|
Assets expenditure
|
13,630
|
18,427
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| | | | | | |
|
Total
|
195,409
|
181,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| £000 |
| Programme expenditure | 2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 |
|
Business and international
|
—
|
—
|
10,534
|
8,823
|
7,359
|
|
Learning, skills and work force, wired region and social inclusion
|
—
|
—
|
12,612
|
12,974
|
9,402
|
|
Community renaissance and infrastructure
|
—
|
—
|
65,232
|
58,874
|
45,040
|
|
Strategy and corporate services
|
—
|
—
|
899
|
1,242
|
1,970
|
|
ODPM—community fund
|
—
|
—
|
9,398
|
916
|
—
|
|
European funds
|
—
|
—
|
3,110
|
2,860
|
—
|
|
Sub-total
|
—
|
—
|
101,785
|
85,689
|
63,771
|
| | | | | | |
|
Non grant expenditure
|
—
|
—
|
6,349
|
4,826
|
2,730
|
|
Coalfield expenditure
|
—
|
—
|
210
|
3,817
|
88
|
| | | | | | |
|
Staff and admin expenditure
|
—
|
—
|
21,131
|
20,047
|
15,070
|
| | | | | | |
|
Assets expenditure
|
—
|
—
|
34,595
|
10,632
|
11,194
|
| | | | | | |
|
Total
|
—
|
—
|
164,070
|
125,011
|
92,853
|
Tourism: Expenditure
Mr. Hunt:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much each regional development agency spent on tourism in each of the last three years. [187170]
Mr. McFadden:
The following figures refer to spending by RDAs on core tourism and leisure objectives.
| | Expenditure on tourism (£ million)( 1) |
| RDAs | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
AWM
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
3.8
|
|
EEDA(2)
|
0.6
|
0.8
|
1.5
|
|
EMDA
|
3
|
4.5
|
5.3
|
|
LDA(3)
|
23.7
|
23.8
|
23.9
|
|
NWDA
|
4
|
5
|
6.1
|
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|
ONE(4)
|
3.3
|
7.1
|
10.8
|
|
SEEDA
|
1.8
|
2.4
|
2.2
|
|
SWRDA
|
1.5
|
3
|
3.2
|
|
YF
|
1.7
|
2.2
|
3.9
|
(1) RDAs have also spent on activities related to tourism initiatives (such as general marketing of a region; specific regeneration projects; or human resource development) but this money has not been allocated from core tourism budgets.
(2) EEDA’s business model for tourism changed significantly over this three year period, resulting in the increased level of investment for 2006-07.
(3) LDA figures include core funding to VisitLondon.
(4) ONE took over the delivery of tourism in 2004-05, which is delivered from within the agency.
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