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The press release issued by HM Treasury on 24 January 2005.

The Government is providing a strengthened approach to tackling disadvantage and increasing employment opportunity for all, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury – the Rt Hon. Paul Boateng – outlined today in a visit to the North West of England.

At the official opening of a Bay Housing Association project – Clare Street – in Blackpool, he witnessed a Government funded Supporting People programme in action.  Clare Street provides intensively supported accommodation to young offenders and has already established a track record of eradicating re-offending for its residents.

The Supporting People programme provides housing related support to over 1.2 million vulnerable people – providing them with a better quality of life and helping them to live independently in their homes.

Paul Boateng said:

“The Clare Street Project is an excellent example of housing related support for young and sometimes vulnerable people.  Many such projects are funded through the Supporting People programme backed by £1.7 bn each year now and for the next two years.

Continued investment will ensure that high quality, good value housing related services are provided for people enabling them to live independently and maximise their personal potential.”

In Bolton, visiting a Jobcentre Plus ethnic minority outreach employment programme, Mr Boateng pointed to the Government’s new targeted measures to build on Britain’s record levels of employment and increase employment opportunities in areas with high ethnic minority populations. These include:

• the introduction of specialist advisors in Jobcentre Plus areas with high ethnic minority populations;
• The announcement of a National Employment Panel review of measures to encourage employment, self-employment and the growth of small business for ethnic minorities and faith groups; and

a fund worth £8 million over the next two years available to Jobcentre Plus managers to provide local solutions to help more people in the area find work.

In Manchester, the Chief Secretary also took the opportunity to visit a Social Enterprise Development Initiative to see the support it provides for the Islamic Community.

Paul Boateng said:

“The ethnic minority outreach programmes I have seen today are truly inspirational.  Building on the New Deal programmes, these initiatives are helping to tackle the gap in employment rates between ethnic minority communities and the overall national average.

Since 2002 over 17,000 individuals have been helped. This momentum is being continued through new initiatives announced in last month’s Pre-Budget Report, including a review of employment and enterprise support for ethnic minorities and faith communities.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £60m for the East Midlands alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In the East Midlands, 113,020 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 355,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 189,000 pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation”.

And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £80m for the East of England alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In the East of England, 107,750 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 398,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 213,000  pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation.

“And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £150m for London alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In London, 274,000 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 392,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 278,000 pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation.

“And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £50m for the North East alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In the North East of England, 133,190 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 222,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 155,000 pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation.

“And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £130m for the North West alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In the North West of England, 238,810 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 561,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 349,000 pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation.

“And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £110m for the South East alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In the South East of England, 131,810 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 544,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 270,000 pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation.

“And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £85m for the South West alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In the South West of England, 119,400 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 392,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 217,000 pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation.

“And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £150m for the West Midlands alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In the West Midlands, 173,650 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 428,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 271,000 pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation.

“And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 February 2005.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer – Gordon Brown – today used a speech at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester to highlight the Government’s £1 billion Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme.

Starting in April 2005 the scheme – which could mean up to £120m for Yorkshire and the Humber alone – will allow local authorities to receive a proportion of increases in local business rate revenues to spend on their own priorities. It builds on the success of the New Deal, the Child Tax Credit and the Pension Credit. In Yorkshire and the Humber, 198,870 people were helped into work through the New Deal, 424,000 working families benefit from Child Tax Credit and 253,000 pensioner households are receiving Pension Credit.

Speaking at the summit, the Chancellor said:

“Because all their business rates income went to central government, in the past local authorities had no direct financial incentive to encourage new business creation. Now under our Business Growth Incentive scheme local authorities keep a proportion of the additional business rate income generated by new business creation.

“Based on historical data we estimate that in total as a result of this measure local authorities could gain up to £1 billion over the next three years – a further incentive to encourage local indigenous business creation.

“And a boost for business in every town, city and region – every community across the country benefiting from more business and more jobs.”