HC Deb 14 December 1992 vol 216 cc6-9W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 24 November,Official Report, column 548, what was the total cost of each of the vehicle-related projects in each of the last five years and estimated for next year, and the percentage paid, or budgeted by the Home Office in each year and in each case.

Vehicle related projects funded under the probation supervision grants scheme in 1991–92 and 1992–93
1991–92
Area Title Amount (£) Percentage of total cost of project funded by HO under this scheme
West Glamorgan Guiding Hands Association 20,787 68
North Yorkshire Croft Motor Trust 2,000 50
West Sussex Car Offender Project Sussex Association for the Rehabilitation of offenders 20,830 100
South Glamorgan Dragon Wheels 1,597 2
Shropshire Telford Drive 21,679 50
Somerset1 Mendip Motor Project 5,650 50
West Yorkshire1 NACRO Focus 54,826 70
West Yorkshire1 Bradford Motor Education Project (Probation Supervision element) 4,158 100
Oxfordshire1 Trax-Oxfordshire Motor Project 3,293 53
Northumbria1 YMCA North Shields 9,422 65
1 These projects received part of their grants in this financial year.

1992–93
Area Title Amount (£) Percentage of total cost of project funded by HO under this scheme
West Glamorgan Guiding Hands Association 20,492 68
North Yorkshire Croft Motor Trust 2,100 50
West Sussex Car Offender Project. Sussex Association for the Rehabilitation of offenders 28,973 100
South Glamorgan Dragon Wheels 9,372 17
Shropshire Telford Drive 21,679 50
Somerset Mendip Motor Project 13,075 49
West Yorkshire Bradford Motor Education Project (Probation Supervision element) 45,742 100
West Yorkshire1 Birstall Urban Motorcycle Project for Youth (BUMPY) 24,717 73
West Yorkshire NACRO Focus 50,702 70
Avon Bristol Wheels Project. Youth and Community Help Trust (YACHT) 66,555 41
Northumbria Motorvatin Youth Project Axwell Park School Foundation 31,840 100
Northumbria Motoring MACPI (Multi-agency Crime Prevention Initiative) Prudhoe Community Workshop Trust 8,500 65
Northumbria YMCA North Shields 16,650 65
West Midlands1 Shard End Driver Training Project Shard End Community Project 13,737 52
Oxfordshire Trax-Oxfordshire Motor Project 36,220 53
Essex1 Motor Project 36,200 100
1 These projects received part of their grants in this financial year.

Vehicle related projects funded under the safer cities programme in 1991–92
Project Scheme Amount (£) Percentage of total cost of project funded by HO and this programme
Bradford Bradford Motor Education Project1 (Crime Prevention Element) 16,500 50
Bradford Keighley Motor Project 5,500 35
Bradford Canterbury Motor Project 5,500 100
Bristol Southmead Racing Bangers Project 12,000 100
Coventry Henley Green Motorcycle Project 4,625 90
Hartlepool Motor Cycle Project 2,000 60
Hull Orchard Park Wheels Project—Summer 1991 750 100
Nottingham Wheelbase 22,500 20
Salford Swinton Karting Project 2,005 27
Salford General Education in Automobile Responsibility in Salford 12,000 50
Sunderland Town End Motor Project 8,950 43

Mr. Jack

[holding answer 30 November 1992]: As indicated in my reply to the hon. Member on 26 October, at column 457, the main programme of funding for motor projects began in 1989–90. The projects currently being funded were listed in my reply on 24 November, at columns 547–48. The information requested in relation to motor projects in 1991–92 and 1992–93 is as follows:

Project Scheme Amount (£) Percentage of total cost of project funded by HO and this programme
Sunderland Warden Law Motor Sports Park 5,000 24
Wandsworth Wandsworth Motor Project 20,000 20

Vehicle related projects funded under the safer cities programme in 1992–931
Project Scheme Amount (£) Percentage of total cost of project funded by HO and this programme
Bradford Bradford Motor Education Project2(Crime Prevention Element) 16,500 50
Bradford Keighley Motor Project 16,500 100
Bradford Canterbury Motor Project 16,500 100
Coventry Henley Green Motorcycle Project 15,837 90
Nottingham Wheelbase 7,500 12
1 On the basis of figures provided on the grant application form.
2 Bradford Motor Education Project has two distinct elements; Probation Supervision element for which Home Office meets 100 per cent. of the cost; Crime Prevention element for which Home Office meets 50 per cent. of the cost. Each element is funded through different grant schemes.

Information on more general "vehicle-related" projects, or for previous years, could not be provided except at disproportionate cost.