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date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funds allocated in each region under the European Regional Development Fund have been returned as a result of slippage and underperformance in each region; and on what dates each such withdrawal took place.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>In 2013, £4.1 million was withdrawn from European Regional Development Fund allocations, which represents a tiny proportion of the total £2.74 billion budget. All spending of taxpayers’ money must ensure value for money and money should not be spent on poor quality projects. In addition, all spending must comply with complex EU rules, or else risk “financial corrections” down the line.</p><p> </p><p>The European Regional Development Fund is a circular programme. UK taxpayers’ money is given to the European Union budget. Under the Fund, a local project receives a contract, spends money and then claims from DCLG. DCLG then claims funds back from the European Commission. The whole process goes through a complex auditing process involving DCLG auditors and then European Union auditors. After a period of time, the majority of unspent funding is returned to the UK Government by the European Commission. We continue to have concerns over the bureaucratic and time consuming nature of the related processes involved in the programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 22/10/2014 16:19:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78384

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which bids in each region have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected under the European Regional Development Fund since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Since 2007, the 2007-13 round of the European Regional Development Fund has seen 1,535 projects across England approved, with £2.7 billion of funds committed.</p><p>Of these, 860 bids were approved since May 2010; a further 395 were either withdrawn by applicants or rejected for not meeting the (complex) eligibility criteria established at the start of the programme under the last Administration. A list of projects is given in the attached table.</p><p>All spending of taxpayers’ money must ensure value for money: and money should not be spent on poor quality projects just for the sake of it. Spending must also comply with complex and bureaucratic EU rules, or else risk “financial corrections” down the line. We continue to have concerns over the bureaucratic and time consuming nature of the processes involved in the programme, as a consequence of rules imposed by the European Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/10/2014 16:00:27 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 206274 Umunna - Table.xlsx title ERDF Projects
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78562

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monthly cost is of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is committed to disposing of surplus property assets expeditiously and reducing holding costs. The monthly cost of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 is detailed below. The majority of these courts were closed as part of the Court Estate Reform Programme (CERP).</p><p> </p><p>CERP is expected to deliver an estimated £99m resource savings plus £53m from the sale of buildings. Under this Government court buildings that were rarely used or no longer suitable were closed as part of our drive to cut waste. There are temporary costs associated with ensuring unused courts are kept secure and protecting the fabric of each building, as well as property tax rates payable to the local council. When disposing of surplus property assets we will always seek best value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the courts announced for closure under CERP, the Ministry of Justice has closed and disposed of a number of court buildings as a result of the integration and co-location.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: monthly cost of each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 as at 30 June 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Court Building</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average monthly cost <sup>1, 6</sup></strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates’ &amp; County Court <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£2,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgwater Magistrates’ Court <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£1,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridport Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burton-upon-Trent County Court</p></td><td><p>£1,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cirencester Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,053</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coleford Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorking Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£4,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flint Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frome Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Goole Magistrates' Court <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>£632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haywards Heath (Mid Sussex) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£7,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honiton Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton Le Spring Magistrates' Court <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>£1,794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keighley (Bingley) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£5,171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£8,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£2,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market Drayton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£3,898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oswestry Magistrates' Court &amp; County Court</p></td><td><p>£1,958</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontefract Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£4,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£9,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£6,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherbourne Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£9,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totnes Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£2,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Towcester Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£1,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Super Mare Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wimborne Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>£4,122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Witham Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>£1,502</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Footnotes:</strong></p><p>1. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2013/14. Holding costs include rates, fuel and utilities, facilities management, telephony and other property costs.</p><p>2. Bishop Auckland Magistrates’ Court and County Court building was sold on 11 August 2014</p><p>3. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2012/13 and 2013/14 in order to address rates rebates in 2013/14</p><p>4. Monthly cost based on financial year data 2012/13 and 2013/14 in order to address rates rebates and accounting adjustments made in 2013/14</p><p>5. Monthly costs includes spend for associated office, The Villa.</p><p>6. Costs are not comparable between financial years due to events such as rebates for rates, utilities, facilities management and telephony.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:39:18 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan