§ Mr. Ian TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, if he will make a statement on the recent initiatives taken by his Department to help relieve the plight of the homeless.
§ Mr. Yeo[pursuant to the reply, 30 January 1991, c. 535]: I am today placing in the Library a list of 78 voluntary organisations to which we are offering grants for 1991–92. In all, over £4.5 million will be available for specific projects providing practical help for homeless people and for the second phase of the national 547W homelessness advice service coordinated through citizens' advice bureaux with support from Shelter and the London Housing Aid Centre. This represents an increase of over 100 per cent. of the £2 million available in 1990–91. The extra money has made it possible for us to help a much larger number of voluntary organisations, most of them outside London. The grants are a recognition of the vital role which these organisations play in relieving the problems experienced by the homeless and in encouraging them towards independent living.
Urban block public expenditure £ million—outturn prices LDDC external financing limits All UDCs external financing limits LDDC as percentage of all UDCs 1 Urban block total LDDC as percentage of block 1981–82 31 38 82 162 19 1982–83 41 62 66 283 14 1983–84 62 94 66 325 19 1984–85 58 88 66 450 13 1985–86 57 86 66 436 13 1986–87 65 289 73 429 15 1987–88 83 134 62 483 17 1988–89 116 2234 50 559 25 1989–90 256 436 59 3760 34 1990–914 333 550 61 905 37 1 Includes for 1984–85 onwards other Government Departments' contributions to the Urban Programme. 2 LDDC and Merseyside were the only UDCs until February 1987. Four second generation UDCs were set up in 1987 in England and the four third generation UDCs in 1988–89. 3 Includes City Action teams, transferred from DTI during 1989–90. 4 Current provision.