Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 15 October 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
(1) how much Lancaster City Council has received from his Department for regeneration in the West End District of Morecambe in each financial year since 1997-98;
(2) what funding his Department has provided for the regeneration of homes in Morecambe's West End District since May 2010;
(3) what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
The vast majority of our central Government funding to local areas is allocated on the basis of local authority areas, and therefore it cannot be broken down to constituency areas. It would be of disproportionate cost to obtain data for funding allocated to this area since 1997.
Government are taking a new approach to regeneration and are working to give communities and local partners the powers, tools and information that they need to address local priorities for regeneration and growth. Examples of these are:
The New Homes Bonus, including for bringing empty homes back into use; local business rate retention; and changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy which ensure local areas will benefit financially from local growth and development. The constituency of Morecambe and Lunesdale is part of the Lancaster district, in the County of Lancashire and they have received New Homes Bonus set out as follows:
Local authority | NHB grant paid in year 1 (2011-12) | NHB grant paid in year 2 (2012-13) | Total payments in year 2(1) |
Lancaster | 231,427 | 230,381 | 461,807 |
Lancashire | 464,868 | 566,258 | 1,031,126 |
(1) NHB funds reward annual increases in effective housing stock and are paid for six years. The total payment column therefore comprises the total of years 1 and 2 delivery. |
The Homes and Communities Agency allocated funds to support Morecambe West End of £132,928 in 2010-11 and £63,949 in 2011-12 for the estate management of the properties. The Homes and Communities Agency also provides specialist expertise and intelligence to help local partners deliver their ambitions.
The West End received £1.9 million under the Empty Homes Cluster Initiative to support the refurbishment and restoration of 114 empty homes.
The Formula Grant for Lancaster was £15.994 million in 2010-11 and £15.124 million in 2011-12.
We are accelerating the release of surplus public sector land and using our innovative Build Now, Pay later model wherever possible, so that housebuilders pay for the land only after homes are built.
Through our new Community Right to reclaim land we are enabling communities to get underused public property back in use.
Lancashire has been allocated £19.4 million from the Growing Places Fund.
Morecambe is one of the Portas Pilots, securing £100,000 to revitalise its high street.
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