Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 29 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what methodology his Department used to determine the amount of funding for each coastal constituency in the Coastal Communities Fund.
The amount of money made available to each country of the UK under the Coastal Communities Fund is equivalent to 50% of the gross revenues raised by the Crown Estate's marine activities in that area. For 2012, the funding is based on the Crown Estate's marine revenues in 2010-11. This will make available £23.7 million (50% of £47.4 million revenue raised) to support economic development in coastal communities in the UK and will be split between each country as follows:
£ million | ||
2010-11 | Total Crown Estate marine revenues | 50% of Crown Estate marine revenues |
England | 36.4 | 18.2 |
Scotland | ||
Highlands and Islands | 3.7 | 1.85 |
Rest of Scotland | 4.1 | 2.05 |
Wales | 2.3 | 1.15 |
N. Ireland | 0.9 | 0.45 |
Total | 47.4 | 23.7 |
At a local or constituency level, however, the Fund will operate on a competitive bid led basis. It will be open to any coastal community that can meet the eligibility criteria set out in the prospectus my Department launched on
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