HC Deb 19 December 2002 vol 396 cc986-7W
Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was granted from each source of support within his Department to(a) Westminster City Council and (b) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, outside the revenue support grant settlement, in each year since 1997. [85827]

Beverley Hughes

The information is given in the table. The grants included are those paid solely to the councils except in the case of Drug Action Teams, the Crime Reduction Programme and the Partnership Development Fund. In those cases the council is a member of a partnership and funding is allocated to one ormore of the partners, for the benefit of the partnership as a whole.

£
Grant paid and year Kensington and Chelsea Westminster
1997–98
Grant under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 739,615 1,363,059
Make A Difference 55,000 0
1998–99
Grant under section 11 of the Local Government Act 19661 758,845 1,398,498
Make A Difference 30,000 0
Youth Justice Pilots 11,250 17,000
1999–2000
Crime Reduction Programme and Partnership Development Fund 176,582 2384,149
Make A Difference 20,000 0
Youth Justice Pilots 38,930 53,500
Drug Action Teams:
Development Grant 35,782 0
Adult and Family Asylum Seekers 7,790,560 10,192,480
2000–01
Drug Action Teams:
Development Grant 35,782 37,484
Communities Against Drugs 0 0
Crime Reduction Programme and Partnership Development Fund 177,000 3*384,144
Adult and Family Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children 12,960,608 415,629,840
Referral Order Pilots 62,000 62,000
2001–02
Drug Action Teams:
Development Grant 35,260 37,484
Communities Against Drugs 5,656 50
Crime Reduction Programme and Partnership Development Fund 41,883 3*2,671,851
Adult and Family Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children 10,025,493 612,620,222
Referral Order Pilots 62,000 44,198
Communities Against Drugs 199,400 277,800
Small Retailers in Deprived Areas 710,499 0
1 The Ethnic Minorities and Travellers Achievement Grant, that replaced section 11grant at the end of 1998–99, is administered by the Department for Education and Employment.
2 These figures had not been previously available.
3* This includes the total grant for the Targeted Police Initiative Operation Lilac that was paid to both Westminster and Camden
4 The figures in the PQ of 10 January 2002 were pre-audit figures and these are post audit figures.
5 Westminster did not take up their allocation in 2001–02 but have in 2002–03.
6 These figures were not mentioned in the reply of 10 January 2002 because they were not available.
7 This money was spent after the PQ of 10 January 2002.