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Regional Development Agencies: Finance

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the (a) budget and (b) administrative cost of each regional development agency (RDA) has been in each year since its creation; and what the estimated administrative cost of each RDA is for 2008-09. [252571]

Mr. McFadden: The RDAs' grant in aid and administration budgets from 1999 to 2007 is set out in the following tables. Also, the estimated 2008-09 administration budget of each RDA is given.

RDA Grant in aid budgets
£ million
	1999-2000	2000-01	2000-0	2000-03	2000-04	2000-05	2000-06	2000-07	2000-08
AWM	103	113	141	204	240	219	288	282	291
EEDA	30	36	55	88	80	84	130	139	134
EMDA	41	67	86	101	117	119	160	160	170
LDA	—	235	266	295	317	328	397	416	386
NWDA	141	156	270	274	309	367	384	402	390
ONE	92	98	158	193	223	226	245	273	276
SEEDA	63	73	97	112	136	113	167	172	162
SWRDA	43	62	85	103	99	113	151	171	156
YF	121	125	207	211	244	288	293	313	300

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RDA Administration Budgets( 1)
£000
	1999-2000	2000-01	2000-0	2000-03	2000-04	2000-05	2000-06	2000-07	2000-08	2000-09
AWM	9,200	11,884	13,023	15,616	18,199	21,050	21,311	20,535	20,992	24,491
EEDA	4,414	5,493	7,038	9,099	9,847	11,061	12,909	15,873	17,092	16,968
EMDA	8,254	8,365	8,821	11,180	12,878	13,516	15,802	16,387	17,553	18,934
LDA .	0	5,690	10,957	16,692	14,555	30,609	32,057	37,660	43,819	43,707
NWDA	10,868	13,224	16,219	43,098	58,063	30,585	25,680	38,841	34,281	38,378
ONE	16,583	15,990	16,658	18,875	22,024	22,239	23,748	24,828	24,727	28,149
SEEDA	6,817	8,533	10,469	14,591	19,274	20,138	22,340	24,339	26,146	24,109
SWRDA	9,084	8,800	9,577	15„794	17,919	17,756	20,697	23,065	24,385	26,414
YF	12,337	14,867	14,901	16,608	19,410	20,097	22,192	23,727	28,733	24,973
(1) Administration budgets include salaries (2) Planned administration expenditure

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much each regional development agency spent on administration in the most recent year for which figures are available. [257550]

Mr. McFadden: The following table shows RDAs' administration spend for 2007-08.

RDA administration budgets 2007-08
RDA	£000
AWM	20,992
EEDA	17,092
EMDA	17,553
LDA	43,819
NWDA	34,281
ONE	24,727
SEEDA	26,146
SWRDA	24,385
YF	28,733

Union Modernisation Fund

Mr. Maude: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1319W, on the union modernisation fund, who the members of the Supervisory Board are; and what declaration of political activity each has made. [257529]

Mr. McFadden: The members of the Supervisory Board are:

Sir Bill Connor (Chair)

Bruce Warman

Professor Willy Brown, CBE

Jeannie Drake, CBE

Danny Carrigan

Adrian Askew

In addition two new board members have joined this month they are:

Professor David Gordon

David Lebrecht

At the time of their appointment, the members of the Union Modernisation Fund Supervisory Board declared the following interests:

Bill Connor declared that he had spoken on behalf of a party or candidate and canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election (for the Labour party);

Adrian Askew declared that he had held office such as Chair, Treasurer or Secretary of a local branch of a party and canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election (for the Labour party);

William Brown declared no political activity;

Danny Carrigan declared that he had canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election and a member of the national executive committee (for the Labour party);

Jeannie Drake declared that she had canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election and a member of the Labour Party National Policy Forum (for the Labour party);

David Metcalfe declared that he had canvassed on behalf of a party or helped at election and undertaken any political activity which is considered relevant (for the Labour party). David Metcalfe has subsequently resigned;

Bruce Wariman declared no political activity;

Professor David Gordon declared “I am a member of the Cooperative Party which aims to foster the agenda and activities of the cooperative movement in the UK. The Cooperative party is affiliated to the Labour party and also supports the woodcraft folk which is a youth movement/club which my daughter attends;”

David Lebrecht declared no political activity.

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