§ Mr. CameronTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the schemes administered88W by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies where funds are allocated by a competitive bidding process; and what was the amount of money allocated to each scheme. [19734]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 3 December 2001]: Grant schemes administered by the Home Office, where a competitive bidding process has taken place, were allocated a total of approximately £340 million during this financial year. This has funded 226 projects under 17 schemes. The main grant schemes are as listed.
£ Grant scheme Allocation Active Community Grants 17,042,532 ACU Grants funded by Capital Modernisation Fund 8,226,017 Race Equality Unit—Summer Activities 7,000,000 Race Equality Unit—Connecting Communities 5,000,000 Family Support Grants (for voluntary organisations) 2,000,000 Research Challenge Fund 260,000 Refugee Integration Challenge Fund 500,000 Crime Reduction Programme 51,500,000 Crime Reduction Programme—CCTV Capital Grants 70,000,000 Partnership Development Fund 2,100,000 Electronic Chipping Initiative 2,300,000 Confiscated Assets Fund 7,000,000 Drug Prevention Advisory Service Grants 1,907,000 Crime Fighting Fund 151,000,000 The following grants schemes were approved by ministers during 2001, and will run until 2004:
£ Grant scheme Allocation Mentoring Fund Grants 3,448,691 Infrastructure Grants 7,719,500