Grant Shapps:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what capital projects his Department expects to have in 2010-11; and what the budget for each will be in that year. [324502]
Barbara Follett:
Capital expenditure is incurred by my Department and its executive agency the Planning Inspectorate either to support its day to day running (mainly of the estates and IT systems), and that of its agency, or on key national fire resilience projects where the Department manages procurement for the fire service generally (Firelink and FiReControl). The budgets allocated to these projects for 2010-11 are set out in table A.
However, the majority of the Department's capital programmes are delivered through arm's length bodies (the Homes and Communities Agency and the regional development agencies) and local authorities. The budgets allocated to these programmes for 2010-11 are set out in table B.
Finally, my Department contributes to the funding of the infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games for which there is a budget of £442 million in 2010-11.
Table A-Capital projects in the Department and its Executive agency-the Planning Inspectorate
Financial year 2010-11 plans
Projects
Capital budgets( 1) (£ million)
Investment in Ordnance Survey
14.800
Control Rooms equipment
9.199
Planning Inspectorate equipment and computers
6.331
Strategic information technology
7.034
Investment in Coalfields Enterprise Fund
5.000
Enhanced Local Government Accrual Reporting System
3.500
Firelink equipment
2.200
CLG building improvements
2.180
Electronic Data Records Management System
2.000
Government Offices building improvements
2.860
Fire and Rescue Services Improvement
1.083
Accounting system enhancements
1.350
New Dimension equipment
1.582
E-Planning information technology
1.000
Total
60.119
Table B-Capital grants
Financial year 2010-11 plans
Programmes
Capital budgets( 1) (£ million)
Homes and Communities Agency
3,538.396
Arm's Length Management Organisations
594.000
Regional Development Agencies-CLG Support
543.322
Regional Housing Pot Grant
301.752
Housing Market Renewal Fund
286.000
Local Authority Supported Capital Expenditure (Decent Homes)
258.755
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Disabled Facilities Grants
168.800
Gap Funding for Large Scale Voluntary Transfers
139.000
Community Infrastructure Fund
135.025
Fire Credit Approvals
70.824
Public Service Agreement Performance Fund
47.000
Fire and Rescue Services Improvement programme
45.694
Improvement, Transformation and Efficiency
42.870
New Deal for Communities
43.340
Thames Gateway-London Urban Development Corporation
33.000
Support for Voluntary and Community Sector Sustainability
27.283
Growth Areas New Growth Points and Eco Towns
25.000
Thames Gateway-Thurrock Urban Development Corporation
20.000
Local Enterprise Growth Initiative
18.649
Other Growth Areas: West Northants Urban Development Corporation
7.065
Coalfields Regeneration Trust
6.650
Renewing Neighbourhoods
6.425
General Greater London Authority Grant
1.600
Valuation tribunals
0.400
Fire Service Statistics
0.271
Local Government Standards Board
0.230
Leasehold Advisory Services
0.132
Housing Defects Grants
0.070
Total
6,361.553
(1) These budgets are current, and may be subject to change through the Supplementary Estimates process based on decisions by Ministers.
Fire Services: Emergency Calls
Robert Neill:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 714W, on fire services: emergency calls, what the original timetable was for the launch of the SMS emergency number; what the original budget was; what the expected go-live date is; and what operational costs have been incurred to date. [323146]
Mr. Malik:
The emergency SMS trial was launched by British Telecommunications PLC on 14 September 2009 in accordance with the agreed with the mobile service providers and emergency services and is available nationally. BT is currently developing plans for providing capacity and resilience in the system which will allow the arrangements to be regarded as providing a full, rather than a trial, service.
The service is being provided by BT and the mobile service providers at no cost to the emergency services, who should incur no operational costs.
Fire Services: Finance
John McDonnell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the income of each fire and rescue authority in 30 Mar 2010 : Column 1118W
England was from (a) central Government grant, (b) council tax and (c) other sources in the most recent year for which figures are available. [325073]
Barbara Follett:
The proportion of the income from central Government grant, council tax and other sources for each fire and rescue authority in England in 2008-09 is in the following table.
Percentage
Central Government grant
Council tax
Other sources
Greater Manchester Fire and CD Authority
64.4
34.0
1.6
Merseyside Fire and CD Authority
62.0
34.4
3.7
South Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority
60.8
36.1
3.0
Tyne and Wear Fire and CD Authority
59.4
35.4
5.1
West Midlands Fire and CD Authority
66.6
29.7
3.7
West Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority
62.9
36.3
0.7
Avon Combined Fire Authority
56.0
42.5
1.5
Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority
40.4
57.2
2.4
Berkshire Combined Fire Authority
47.0
51.8
1.2
Buckinghamshire Combined Fire Authority
41.5
53.3
5.2
Cambridgeshire Combined Fire Authority
47.5
51.0
1.5
Cheshire Combined Fire Authority
43.1
55.4
1.5
Cleveland Combined Fire Authority
67.7
30.2
2.1
Derbyshire Combined Fire Authority
46.8
51.5
1.7
Devon and Somerset Combined Fire Authority
47.8
48.6
3.6
Dorset Combined Fire Authority
37.7
50.0
12.3
Durham Combined Fire Authority
47.0
52.8
0.3
East Sussex Combined Fire Authority
37.6
61.2
1.1
Essex Combined Fire Authority
44.2
54.2
1.6
Hampshire Combined Fire Authority
44.2
53.8
2.1
Hereford and Worcester Combined Fire Authority
37.5
59.0
3.5
Humberside Combined Fire Authority
53.9
44.1
1.9
Kent Combined Fire Authority
42.1
52.9
5.0
Lancashire Combined Fire Authority
53.8
44.3
1.9
Leicestershire Combined Fire Authority
55.0
43.9
1.1
North Yorkshire Combined Fire Authority
43.7
55.4
0.8
Nottinghamshire Combined Fire Authority
49.0
45.0
6.0
Shropshire Combined Fire Authority
37.1
59.6
3.3
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Staffordshire Combined Fire Authority
43.4
55.0
1.6
Wiltshire Combined Fire Authority
39.9
58.5
1.6
Source:
Communities and Local Government revenue outturn (RO) returns and capital outturn (CO) returns
