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Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which projects approved for Rural Development Programme for England funding have yet to receive their funding; and on what date they are likely to receive funding. [230697]

Huw Irranca-Davies: For socio-economic projects under Axis 1 and 3 of the Rural Development Programme for England, payments are made on the basis of claims submitted by project holders and in arrears of eligible expenditure made. A schedule of claims is agreed with each project holder as part of the project. It follows that payments will not be made at the time a project is approved by a Regional Development Agency.

Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many projects each regional development agency has funded under the (a) Axis 1, (b) Axis 3 and (c) Leader sections of the England Rural Development Programme since 1 January 2007, broken down by projects budgeted at (i) up to £5,000, (ii) £5,001 to £100,000, (iii) £100,001 to £1,000,000 and (iv) over £1,000,000. [229480]

Huw Irranca-Davies: Commitments to new projects under Axis 1, 3 and the Leader Axis of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) only commenced in January 2008 following EU approval of the new programme. Since 1 October 2006, payments have also been made by regional development agencies (RDAs) to projects that were the legacy of the previous England Rural Development Programme (ERDP), funding for which came from the new RDPE budget. That programme closed for new applications in June 2006.

It should also be noted that the RDAs are using a strategic investment approach to delivering the new programme, which includes supporting larger programmes of activity as well as individual projects. Some of the larger programmes will result in further project development and funding.

The following table gives the information on projects which have received, or been approved, for funding, and includes ERDP legacy payments made after 1 January 2007.


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Regional development agency

Up to £5,000 £5,001-£100,000 £100,001-£1 million £1 million +

Advantage West Midlands

Axis 1

17

29

6

0

Axis 3

18

92

7

0

Leader

East of England Development Agency

Axis 1

11

22

7

4

Axis 3

1

27

5

0

Leader

0

0

1

6

East Midlands Development Agency

Axis 1

16

28

8

1

Axis 3

9

42

9

0

Leader

0

0

0

4

North West Development Agency

Axis 1

12

35

8

3

Axis 3

9

32

2

0

Leader

0

0

0

2

One North East

Axis 1

5

14

7

2

Axis 3

2

45

9

2

Leader

0

0

0

4

South East England Development Agency

Axis 1

11

38

13

1

Axis 3

0

41

5

0

Leader

0

0

0

14

South West of England Development Agency

Axis 1

2

18

22

1

Axis 3

1

20

10

0

Leader

0

0

1

14

Yorkshire Forward

Axis 1

0

32

9

2

Axis 3

9

69

9

1

Leader

0

6

0

6


Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much each regional development agency has committed to projects under (a) Axis 1, (b) Axis 3 and (c) Leader sections of the England Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) since 1 January 2007, broken down by projects budgeted at (i) up to £5,000, (ii) £5,001 to £100,000, (iii) £100,001 to £1,000,000 and (iv) over £1,000,000; and what proportion of each total represents forward commitments for years three to seven of RDPE. [229481]

Huw Irranca-Davies: Commitments to new projects under Axis 1, 3 and the Leader Axis of the Rural Development Programme for England only commenced in January 2008 following EU approval of the new programme. Since 1 October 2006, payments have also been made by regional development agencies to projects that were the legacy of the previous England Rural Development Programme (ERDP), funding for which came from the new RDPE budget. That programme closed for new applications in June 2006.

The following table gives the information requested and includes legacy commitments made since 1 January 2007. The figures in brackets give the percentage (rounded) of the commitment to be paid in programme years 2009-13.


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Regional Development Agency

Up to £5000 (%) £5001 -£100,000 (%) £100,001 -£1 million (%) £1 million + (%)

Advantage West Midlands

Axis 1

42,458

0

1,455,637

8

3,922,002

21

0

Axis 3

25,562

0

4,650,208

2

3,270.059

0

1,052,441

0

Leader

0

0

0

0

East of England Development Agency

Axis 1

0

58,026

53

611,565

82

11,630,023

93

Axis 3

0

4,122

1

46,313

0

0

Leader

0

0

0

20,100,000

99

East Midlands Development Agency

Axis 1

21,950

0

849,080

25

2,598,363

0

1,487,205

Axis 3

26,602

0

1,130,369

2

1,165,546

39

0

Leader

0

0

0

7,980,300

100

North West Development Agency

Axis 1

26,231

0

907,641

0

2,107,641

52

5,400,000

93

Axis 3

19,881

0

862,124

0

25,920

0

0

Leader

0

0

0

3,200,000

94

One North East

Axis 1

9000

11

643,000

87

1,480,000

81

2,370,000

100

Axis 3

5000

0

1,874,000

0

1,235,000

12

3,350,000

100

Leader

0

0

0

4,500,000

100

South East England Development Agency

Axis 1

23,654

0

1,641,631

15

4,298,306

23

2,400,000

70

Axis 3

0

1,664,803

3

735,777

10

0

Leader

0

0

0

29,400,000

92

South West of England Development Agency

Axis 1

21,456

0

716,777

7

4,791,564

50

1,086,018

54

Axis 3

20,452

0

1,162,532

10

689,143

9

0

Leader

0

0

500,000

100

32,550,000

100

Yorkshire Forward

Axis 1

0

890,000

52

2,420,000

68

4,860,000

83

Axis 3

3000

100

1,830,000

50

1,690,000

27

3,620,000

79

Leader

0

110,000

0

0

16,000,000

100


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