Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding remains available for allocation to safer cities projects; and how much funding has been transferred to the single regeneration budget at the Department of the Environment. [16844]
§ Mr. MacleanThe Home Office transferred to the single regeneration budget £3,760,000 for 1994–95, £6,335,000 for 1995–96 and £6,996,000 for 1996–97 for the continuation of the safer cities programme. The estimated outturn of the Department of Environment safer cities projects for 1994–95 is £2 million. The Home Office retained sufficient funds to provide for the four remaining phase 1 projects until they cease to receive Government funding in September 1995, and three projects being set up in Wales. Home Office provision for 1995–96 is £749,000.