Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 9 October 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budget of the Environment Agency was in the last 10 financial years in real terms (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) grant-in-aid from Government, (ii) funding for flood defences and (iii) grant-in-aid from Government excluding flood defences.
Table 1 shows actual spending and funding figures for the Environment Agency in England. Table 2 shows approximate real-terms equivalents calculated using the Public Works Non- Road Inflation (PWNRI) index published by the Department of Trade and Industry, with 1996-97 as the base year. These latter equivalents should be viewed as a rough guide only because the PWNRI is unlikely to be an exact measurement of cost changes for the goods and services procured by the Agency, especially for the non flood risk elements.
Table 1: Actual values | ||||
Funding | ||||
£ million | ||||
Total EA expenditure( 1) | Total grant in aid (GIA) | Funding for flood risk management (GIA from 2004-05 onwards) | GIA for other purposes (Environment Protection, Conservation, Recreation, Navigation and Fisheries) | |
1996-97 | 519.2 | 119.8 | 45.9 | 119.8 |
1997-98 | 558.2 | 119.2 | 43.0 | 119.2 |
1998-99 | 546.9 | 109.8 | 33.8 | 109.8 |
1999-2000 | 568.8 | 105.4 | 33.0 | 105.4 |
2000-01 | 589.2 | 110.2 | 41.9 | 110.2 |
2001-02 | 650.7 | 105.0 | 61.5 | 105.0 |
2002-03 | 723.2 | 118.6 | 66.7 | 118.6 |
2003-04 | 760.2 | 126.8 | 76.1 | 126.8 |
2004-05 | 811.4 | 482.9 | 358.6 | 124.3 |
2005-06(3) | 943.0 | 577.6 | 426.9 | 150.7 |
Table 2: Rough estimates of real-terms equivalents of table 1 (£million) | ||||
Funding | ||||
£ million | ||||
Total EA expenditure( 1) | Total Grant in Aid (GIA) | Funding for flood risk management (GIA from 2004-05 onwards) | GIA for other purposes (Environment Protection, Conservation, Recreation, Navigation and Fisheries) | |
1996-97(2) | 519.2 | 119.8 | 45.9 | 119.8 |
1997-98 | 541.1 | 115.6 | 41.7 | 115.6 |
1998-99 | 509.4 | 102.3 | 31.5 | 102.3 |
1999-2000 | 519.1 | 96.2 | 30.1 | 96.2 |
2000-01 | 517.4 | 96.8 | 36.8 | 96.8 |
2001-02 | 555.1 | 89.6 | 52.5 | 89.6 |
2002-03 | 598.4 | 98.1 | 55.2 | 98.1 |
2003-04 | 611.1 | 101.9 | 61.2 | 101.9 |
2004-05 | 605.7 | 360.5 | 267.7 | 92.8 |
2005-06(3) | 689.1 | 422.1 | 312.0 | 110.1 |
(1)Includes funding from other sources. (2)As the base year, 1996-97 values are actual. (3)Total EA budget for 2005-06 is forecast pending finalisation of outturn spend figures. |
Prior to 2004-05 the flood risk management function of the Agency was funded primarily through a combination of grant from DEFRA for specific projects and levies on local authorities. The latter, which were largely supported by Revenue Support Grant from the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, are not included in the table. Both forms of funding were largely replaced by grant in aid from DEFRA from 2004-05 onwards.
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