Regional Development Agencies

Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 6 September 2010.

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Photo of Priti Patel Priti Patel Conservative, Witham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has issued guidance to regional development agencies on public expenditure since the publication of the coalition agreement; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Mark Prisk Mark Prisk The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Regional Development Agencies each have a Financial Accountability Framework which sets out their main financial duties.

Since the publication of the coalition document we have written to each of the RDAs detailing the reductions in RDA budgets for 2010-11 and highlighting the requirements for new spending prior to and beyond March 2011, the latter to be approved by BIS and HM Treasury.

This Department has also written recently to all its arms-length bodies with regard to new arrangements in relation to consultancy and marketing expenditure.

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