§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the schemes for competitive bidding for central Government funding by local authorities and voluntary organisations run by his Department in(a) 1998; (b) 1997 and (c) 1996, and the amounts of money involved and the number of successful and unsuccessful bids in each scheme in each year. [63560]
§ Mr. McLeish[holding answer 15 December 1998]: The information is contained in the table.
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Scheme Succesful bids Unsuccessful bids 1996 Amount involved (£ million) Succesful bids Unsuccesful bids 1997 Amount involved (£ million) Succesful bids Unsuccesful bids 1998 Amount involved (£ million) Education Alternatives to Exclusion Grant Scheme — — — — — — 18 14 3.0 School Rationalisation 1998–99 — — — — — — 8 8 15.0 Transport Transport Challenge Fund 5 7 28.5 9 10 29.7 — — — Cycle Challenge Fund — — — 37 43 0.650 — — — Rural Community Transport Grant Scheme — — — — — — 10 8 0.340 Urban Programme Programme for Partnership 23 27 77.01 — — — — — — Capital Central Challenge Fund2 — — — 19 33 16.1 — — — PFI Level Playing Field Support — — — — — — 10 13 660.1 Housing Empty Homes Initiative — — — 33 56 2.0 102 86 7.0 Rough Sleepers Initiative — — — 35 39 4.0 37 26 5.0 New Housing Partnership — — — — — — 27 5 34.6 Health Care Mental Health Development Fund — — — — — — 22 56 1.578 Local Care Partnership Scheme — — — — — — 12 36 0.554 Social Work Section 10(1) of Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 135 3— 7.6 112 3 — 7.4 97 3— 7.0 Ethnic Minority Grant Scheme 4 36 0.200 9 23 0.225 6 29 0.275 Transitional Fund (1996 only) 275 133 3.5 — — — — — — Asylum Seekers Grant — — — 13 1 0.631 3— 3— — 1Over 3 years 2Funding for 1997 bids staged over 2 years 3Figures not yet available