§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the special grants made to each London borough in 1997–98 for the reimbursement of costs incurred in the support of adult asylum seekers, their children and families and unaccompanied asylum seekers, stating in each case the amounts of grant(a) paid, (b) claimed and (c) paid as a percentage of the total claimed in England and Wales. [49438]
§ Ms JowellThe following tables show the amount of special grants paid to each London Borough in 1997/98 and the percentage of the total claimed as a percentage of the total claimed in England. The figures requested for Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Adult asylum seekers accommodation grant Local Authority (a) Total grant due in 1997/98 (£) (b) Total grant claimed in 1997/98 (£) (c) Percentage of England total grant Richmond upon Thames 263,852.13 263,852.13 0.7 Southwark 1,198,810.00 1,605,882.19 3.0 Sutton 115,085.58 115,085.58 0.3 Tower Hamlets 519,820.00 555,260.00 1.3 Waltham Forest 623,275.82 623,275.82 1.6 Wandsworth 585,480.00 688,417.00 1.5 Westminster 3,838,660.00 4,623,193.00 9.6 Total 37,088,230.81 39,765,420.93 92.94
Persons from abroad grant claims 1997–98 Local Authority (a) Grant paid to Local Authorities (£) (b) Grant claimed by Local Authorities (£) (c) Percentage of the total claimed in England Barking and Dagenham 201,340 201,340 0.6 Barnet 990,504 990,504 2.8 Bexley 31,210 31,210 0.1 Brent 1,440,786 1,440,786 4.1 Bromley 129,941 129,941 0.4 Camden 1,589,314 1,589,314 4.6 Corporation of London 6,250 6,250 0.02 Croydon 233,470 233,470 0.7 Ealing1 296,636 1,028,186 2.9 Enfield 1,122,395 1,122,395 3.2 Greenwich 326,789 326,789 0.9 Hackney 1,013,572 1,013,572 2.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,366,848 1,366,848 3.9 Haringey 2,170,310 2,170,310 6.2 Harrow 433,119 433,119 1.2 Hillingdon 307,517 307,517 0.9 Hounslow 902,657 902,657 2.6 Islington 652,092 652,092 1.9 Kensington and Chelsea 1,312,224 1,312,224 3.8 Kingston 242,848 242,848 0.7 Lambeth 1,705,850 1,705,850 4.9 Lewisham 937,292 937,292 2.7 Merton 358,514 358,514 1.0 Newham 3,026,435 3,026,435 8.7 Redbridge 789,418 789,418 2.3 Richmond Upon Thames 85,947 85,947 0.2 Southwark 1,377,908 1,377,908 3.9 Sutton 34,878 34,878 0.1 Tower Hamlets 316,521 316,521 0.9 Waltham Forest 764,363 764,363 2.2 Wandsworth 1,183,570 1,183,570 3.4 Westminster 2,752,307 2,752,307 7.9 Totals 33,971,635 28,834,375 82.6 1 Ealing revised their claim too late in the last financial year 1997/8. The balance will be paid in the present financial year Note:
In addition the grant claimed by each authority is in accord with the rules of the Special Grant Report No 28
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Unaccompanied childrens' grant Local Authority (a) Total grant paid in 1997/98 (£) (b) Total grant claimed in 1997/98 (£) (c) Percentage of England total grant Croydon 741,569.00 1,584,569.00 15.24 Hillingdon 115,660.00 1,303,470.00 2.38 Westminster 441,179.00 897,163.00 9.06 Kensington and Chelsea 255,613.00 805,731.00 5.25 Corporation of London 32,616.00 29,254.00 0.67 Havering — 12,426.00 — Bromley — 159,184.00 — Merton — 48,880.00 — Total 1,586,637.00 4,840,677.00 32.6