§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will specify the amount of individual grants made in 1995–96 and 1996–97 for innovative projects aimed at reducing criminality among young people by (a) the Home Office's Programme Development Unit; (b) the Safer Cities Programme; and (c) Home-Start Projects; respectively, and whether they will identify each recipient, organisation or body.
§ Lord Williams of MostynThe destination and amounts of grants made by the Home Office Programme Development Unit for innovative projects with young people in 1995–96 and 1996–97 were as follows:
£ 1995–96 Dorset Healthy Alliance (Dorset County Council) 32,809 High-Scope Foundation 20,435 Sheffield C'Mon Everybody Project (Sheffield City Council) 18,144 Youth Aid, Lewisham 11,350 Total 82,738 1996–97 Milton Keynes Youth Crime Reduction Project (Thames Valley Police) 148,052 Prevent Reoffending Project (Kent Probation Service) 13,333 Dalston Youth Project (Crime Concern) 71,266 Islington CHANCE Project (CHANCE) 56,714 Challenging Youth Crime (North Yorkshire Education Service) 72,175 Empowering Young People (Suffolk ACRE) 33,543 Total 395,083 The Safer Cities programme is administered by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) in England and by the Home Office in Wales, although the Home Office retained responsibility for some English projects in 1995–96.
166WAFor the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions programme, details of individual schemes are not held centrally. In 1995–96 and 1996–97, the 29 DETR Safer Cities projects gave a total of up to £5.8 million in grants. The projects have funded a range of schemes, including a number which aim to reduce crime and the risk of crime among young people.
Details of individual grants made by Home Office Safer Cities projects could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. In 1995–96 and 1996–97. the total grants given by Home Office Safer Cities projects were as follows:
For 1995–96: £948,000 (Cardiff, Derby, Hammersmith, Leicester, Merthyr Tydfil, Middlesbrough and Rhyl);
For 1996–97: £224,000 (Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhyl). Again, schemes will have included a number aimed at reducing crime and the risk of crime among young people.
Government grants to Home-Start in 1995–96 and 1996–97 were as follows:
1995–96: £209,500
£ Department of Health (core) 95,000 Department of Health (development and projects) 114,500 1995–96: £143,630
£ Department of Health (core) 85,000 Department of Health (development and projects) 30,630 Home Office (projects) 23,000 Home-Start funds about 190 local schemes in the United Kingdom, which provide support, friendship and practical help to families in their own homes. Projects funded by the Home Office in Wycombe and Castleford include support to families with children who are offending and help with behavioural problems.