§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what grant aid budget those safer cities projects due to close in March 1994 have for the financial 351W year 1993–94; how much of this each project has already committed; and what money is available within each project for new initiatives.
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 4 February 1993]: Each of the 16 projects due to close in March 1994 has £100,000 available in grant funding in 1993–94 to support local crime prevention schemes. The records of approved schemes held at the Home Office show the following amounts already committed and still available for initiatives. Plans to use uncommitted expenditure may already be at a fairly advanced stage locally.
Project Amount committed (£ thousand) Amount available from £ 100,000 (£ thousand) Birmingham 42.1 57.9 Bradford 32.1 67.9 Bristol 0.0 100.0 Coventry 92.9 7.1 Hartlepool 108.6 0.0 Hull 96.9 3.1 Islington 0.0 100.0 Lewisham 54.6 45.4 Nottingham 76.4 23.6 Rochdale 21.4 78.6 Salford 80.7 19.3 Sunderland 12.5 87.5 Tower Hamlets 35.0 65.0 Wandsworth 31.5 68.5 Wirral 56.0 44.0 Wolverhampton 50.3 49.7 In addition, each of these projects has access to further funds in 1993–94 from a central pool of £500,000 which has been set aside to assist the development locally of continuing structures for the maintenance of multi-agency crime prevention work.