§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all those organisations funded by him which give support and assistance to(a) perpetrators of crime and (b) their families; and in each case state what funding from Government they have received in each of the last three financial years.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Home Office publishes each year a list of grants made by Government Departments to voluntary bodies. The list is broken down by subject area and includes a category comprising bodies working with offenders. The 1990–91 list has not yet been published, but I am placing in the Library, and sending the hon. Member, an extract setting out the Home Office's grants together with the index of categories. Full information about 1992–93 has not yet been collated, but I shall send the hon. Member the relevant extract as soon as it is available.
The main schemes for funding work with offenders are the probation supervision grants scheme and the probation accommodation grants scheme. The former provides for grants to voluntary bodies working in partnership with area probation services which run non-residential projects for offenders under supervision in the community. The latter scheme funds voluntary organisations which provide supervised accommodation for offenders. About 130 supervision projects and 5,000 bed spaces are funded under these schemes.