§ Mr. DowdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the projects which have received rough sleepers initiative funding during 1993–94, the amounts allocated and the London boroughs in which they are located.
§ Sir George YoungAs part of the rough sleepers initiative in central London my Department has allocated grant aid in 1993–94 under section 73 of the Housing Act 1985 to the housing associations and voluntary organisations shown in the following table.
In addition, the Housing Corporation has made capital allocations of £67 million to 23 housing associations to provide at least 1,500 places in permanent accommodation for people who are in hostels or on the streets to move on to.
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Organisation/Association Project London Borough Total grant (£) London Connection Resettlement Work Westminster 182,448 London and Quadrant Housing Trust Private Sector Leasing1 Lewisham 89,000 Look Ahead HA Resettlement Work Westminster 18,000 Met Office Weather Forecasting — 1,463 National Council of YMCAs West Cromwell Road Hostel1 Kensington and Chelsea 74,000 New Horizon Youth Centre Resettlement Work Westminster 26,000 North Lambeth Day Centre Resettlement Work Lambeth/Southwark 95,730 Netting Hill Housing Trust Private Sector Leasing Rent Deposit Fund Kensington and Chelsea 228,000 The Passage Passage Nightshelter Westminster 190,000 Providence Row 47/49 Crispin St. hostel1 City of London 418,000 50 Crispin St. hostel1 City of London Ede House hostel1 Hackney Resettlement Work City of London Resource Information Service Information gathering — 3,180 Riverpoint Management of PSL properties1 Hammersmith and Fulham 241,622 John Street winter shelter Camden St. Mungo Association Nevern Square hostel1 Kensington and Chelsea 1,205,005 Bassett Road hostel Kensington and Chelsea Vartry Road hostel1 Haringey Chichester Road hostel1 Brent City Road hostel1 Islington Hatton Gardens hostel Islington Siddons Buildings hostel Westminster Outreach/Resettlement Work Westminster/Lambeth/Camden Neville House winter shelter Westminster Salvation Army Outreach/Resettlement Hackney 168,641 Tudor Street winter shelter Camden SHAC Hostels Vacancy Information Project Westminster 114,000 Shaftesbury Society Lansdowne Centre hostel1 Southwark 171,000 John Kirk Centre hostel1 Southwark Aldershot Road hostel1 Brent Short Term Leasing Management of PSL properties1 Islington 167,000 South London Family HA Private Sector Leasing1 Lambeth 11,000 Thames Reach Outreach/Resettlement Work Southwark 59,000 Lincoln's Inn Outreach Team Camden Threshold HA Private Sector Leasing1 Wandsworth 21,000 West Hampstead HA Private Sector Leasing1 Camden 173,000 1 These organisations also receive RSI revenue funding from the Housing Corporation.