§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a breakdown of the distribution to each local authority of the £2 million per year for the provision of secure units under the Children Act 1975, indicating how much each authority has actually spent on the provision of such accommodation.
§ Sir George Young: The information is as follows :
GRANTS FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURE ACCOMMODATION UNDER SECTION 64A OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT 1969 Authority (a) Amount approved (b) Amount paid Durham 748,017 748,017 Northumberland 108,804 27,356 Rotherham 37,000 29,214 Leeds 766,000 718,285 Humberside 10,000 9,361 Sheffield 2,000 — Salford 91,220 54,705 Liverpool 199,644 171,360 Lancashire 605,520 365,103 Cheshire 425,897 138,177 Bolton 34,545 34,545 Manchester 240,000 — Wolverhampton 82,050 76,397 Birmingham 431,595 35,581 Coventry 80,888 80,888 Hereford and Worcestershire Not yet decided — Derbyshire 99,174 63,355 Lincolnshire 62,535 49,264 Northamptonshire 7,609 — Nottinghamshire 176,026 — Leicestershire 138,290 — Cambridgeshire 84,581 84,581 Bedfordshire 80,000 80,000 Oxfordshire 152,642 143,642 Buckinghamshire 30,343 27,818 Berkshire 37,532 — Southwark 246,000 33,700 Hackney 185,864 54,236 Hammersmith 245,225 240,129 Hillingdon 204,607 204,607 Lambeth 768,577 688,577 Newham 292,584 108,248 Greenwich 174,566 — Wandsworth 145,000 — West Sussex 167,000 — Hampshire 318,672 153,166 Devon 388,884 268,884 Note : This table lists only those local authorities that have bid successfully for grant since the scheme came into operation on 12 November 1975. Column (a) shows the amount of grant approved between that date and 10 June 1980, or currently under consideration for projects approved in principle, and column (b) shows sums reimbursed to local authorities during that period or currently claimed by local authorities in respect of approved projects.