Asked by: Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the funding allocated to each Business Improvement District and the consultant in receipt of that funding.
Answered by Jake Berry
Since we launched the Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) Loan Fund in October 2013, 24 areas have or are receiving loans of up to £50,000 each to help set up a BID. The 24 areas that have received or are receiving Loans are Abingdon, Altrincham, Bermondsey, Blyth, Burnley, Central Milton Keynes, Cheltenham, Eastbourne, Hastings, Heart of London, Hereford, Hexham, Leicester, Lifford, Litchfield, Minehead, Morpeth, Oxted, Poole, Purley, Runcorn, Sheffield, Watford, York. We do not allocate general funding to each BID in England or keep records of consultants working on BIDs.
The process of conducting feasibility studies for BIDs is a matter for local areas. We do not approve or allocate funding to those studies nor hold records of which areas have undertaken a feasibility study.
Asked by: Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which feasibility studies for a Business Improvement District have been (a) approved and (b) allocated funding in each of the last 3 years.
Answered by Jake Berry
Since we launched the Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) Loan Fund in October 2013, 24 areas have or are receiving loans of up to £50,000 each to help set up a BID. The 24 areas that have received or are receiving Loans are Abingdon, Altrincham, Bermondsey, Blyth, Burnley, Central Milton Keynes, Cheltenham, Eastbourne, Hastings, Heart of London, Hereford, Hexham, Leicester, Lifford, Litchfield, Minehead, Morpeth, Oxted, Poole, Purley, Runcorn, Sheffield, Watford, York. We do not allocate general funding to each BID in England or keep records of consultants working on BIDs.
The process of conducting feasibility studies for BIDs is a matter for local areas. We do not approve or allocate funding to those studies nor hold records of which areas have undertaken a feasibility study.
Asked by: Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the areas in which a feasibility study for a Business Improvement District has been conducted, in each of the last 3 years.
Answered by Jake Berry
Since we launched the Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) Loan Fund in October 2013, 24 areas have or are receiving loans of up to £50,000 each to help set up a BID. The 24 areas that have received or are receiving Loans are Abingdon, Altrincham, Bermondsey, Blyth, Burnley, Central Milton Keynes, Cheltenham, Eastbourne, Hastings, Heart of London, Hereford, Hexham, Leicester, Lifford, Litchfield, Minehead, Morpeth, Oxted, Poole, Purley, Runcorn, Sheffield, Watford, York. We do not allocate general funding to each BID in England or keep records of consultants working on BIDs.
The process of conducting feasibility studies for BIDs is a matter for local areas. We do not approve or allocate funding to those studies nor hold records of which areas have undertaken a feasibility study.
Asked by: Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the (a) result and (b) turnout of businesses of each referendum conducted on proposals for a Business Improvement District in each of the last 3 years.
Answered by Jake Berry
The outcome for each Business Improvement District ballot is published locally by the relevant ballot holder. The Government does not hold data on the result and turnout of ballots for Business Improvement Districts.