House of Lords written question – answered am ar 23 Ionawr 2009.
Lord Greaves
Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been allocated to each housing market renewal pathfinder project in each year since its introduction; and what provisional allocations have been made for future years.
Baroness Andrews
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
HMR pathfinder allocations are given in the table below to 2008-09. For 2009-11, a new HMR programme will be set up by the Homes and Communities Agency within a policy framework established by CLG. Allocations for these years, £346 million for 2009-10 and £311 million for 2010-11, are indicative and may change by up to plus or minus 10 per cent.
| Total pathfinder funding 2002-09 (£m) | ||||||||
| Preparation | Early actions | First implementation agreements | Announced allocations | |||||
| Pathfinder | 2002-04 | 2003-04 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Birmingham Sandwell | 2.6 | 4.0 | 13.6 | 30.0 | 15.2 | 29.2 | 25 | |
| East Lancs | 2.6 | 4.0 | 22.8 | 43.2 | 46.0 | 48.9 | 52 | |
| Hull and East Riding | 2.6 | 8.7 | 17.3 | 24.9 | 30 | |||
| Manchester Salford | 2.6 | 20.0 | 44.0 | 51.2 | 52.1 | 53.9 | 52 | |
| Merseyside | 2.6 | 4.0 | 34.3 | 51.7 | 46.8 | 50.9 | 54 | |
| Newcastle Gateshead | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 28.0 | 31.9 | 23.0 | 41.0 | 34 |
| North Staffs | 2.6 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 19.3 | 29.0 | 38.5 | 40 | |
| Oldham Rochdale | 2.6 | 4.0 | 17.2 | 30.5 | 30.0 | 37.5 | 32 | |
| South Yorks | 2.6 | 4.0 | 274 | 36.7 | 40.2 | 49.8 | 46 | |
| Tees Valley ** | 5.5 | 12.75 | 13 | |||||
| West Yorkshire ** | 5.5 | 12.75 | ||||||
| West Cumbria ** | 3.5 | 5.5 | 3 | |||||
** The three wider lower demand areas. For 2008-11 the allocation for South Yorkshire includes an allocation of £12 million over the three years for HMR activity in the SE Wakefield housing market area of West Yorkshire.
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No1 person thinks not
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