Lessons and evaluation evidence from ten Single Regeneration Budget case studies: mid term report

This is a summary of the conclusions of the midterm evaluation of the Single Regeneration Budget which has been prepared by an evaluation team based in the Department of Land Economy in the University of Cambridge for the Department of the Transport, Local Government and the Regions. The evaluation team are tracking the progress and achievements of twenty case studies over a period of eight years and producing a series of reports at various stages in the life of these broadly representative case studies. (Reports to date are described in Annex 6). The Annexes to this report have been produced as a separate document available from the Department’s web site: www.regeneration.dtlr.gov.uk/research/htm or e-mail: handr.research@dtlr.gov.uk This Mid Term Report summarises findings on the achievements of the SRB based on the experience of ten case study SRB partnerships that have now come to the end. Final evaluations have been completed for each. As part of this process a significant programme of interviews have been undertaken with regeneration partners and those involved in the delivery of area-based initiatives including the RDAs. The Mid Term Report also reports on findings from a second wave of social household surveys that were undertaken in three of the case study areas in 1999. Other evidence has also been assembled on the extent to which SRB expenditure over six rounds of funding has been able to address need at the local level across England.