§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what basis Aylesbury Vale, Rochford and Uttlesford were awarded Yugoslav displaced persons grant; which authorities were turned down in their applications for such grants; how many refugees each authority accepted; and how much unreimbursed expenditure each incurred.
§ Mr. Robin SquireI have been asked to reply.
243WYugoslav displaced persons grant is paid on qualifying expenditure above a threshold. Local authorities were invited to submit estimates of the expenditure they had incurred or expected to incur during 1992–93. Sixty-one local authorities did so, as listed in the table. The table also
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Yugoslav displaced persons Local authority estimates of 1992–93 expenditure and thresholds Expenditure Threshold Difference Aylesbury Vale 61,500 31,000 30,500 Rochford 21,000 17,000 4,000 Uttlesford 72,049 14,000 58,049 Barnet 9,000 424,000 415,000 Bedfordshire County Council 13,000 772,000 759,000 Berkshire County Council 52,239 1,096,000 1,043,761 Birmingham 32,000 1,466,000 1,433,300 Bolton 1,964 399,000 397,036 Brent 66,400 367,000 300,600 Brighton 7,000 31,000 24,000 Buckinghamshire County Council 13,000 926,000 913,000 Camden 81,600 272,000 190,400 Cleveland 83,783 822,000 738,217 Corporation of London 4,000 215,000 211,000 Croydon 16,000 476,000 460,000 Cumbria County Council 63,000 745,000 682,000 Devon County Council 24,242 1,561,000 1,536,758 Durham County Council 13,000 901,000 888,000 Ealing 73,000 419,000 346,000 East Hertfordshire 7,000 26,000 19,000 East Sussex County Council 10,000 1,055,000 1,045,000 Enfield 32,900 393,000 360,100 Essex County Council 84,000 2,330,000 2,246,000 Guildford 12,000 27,000 15,000 Hammersmith and Fulham 149,000 240,000 41,000 Hereford County Council 2,000 1,020,000 1,018,000 Hillingdon 8,822 355,000 346,178 Hounslow 57,000 301,000 244,000 Humberside County Council 27,000 1,297,000 1,270,000 Islington 20,000 251,000 231,000 Kensington and Chelsea 13,060 212,000 198,940 Kent County Council 11,181 2,279,000 2,267,819 Lancashire County Council 7,000 2,070,000 2,063,000 Leeds 28,700 1,066,000 1,037,300 Leicestershire County Council 6,085 1,294,000 1,287,915 Leicester 4,917 57,000 52,083 Lewisham 25,000 336,000 311,000 Manchester 22,900 602,000 579,000 Mansfield 825 22,000 21,175 Merton 33,000 261,000 228,000 Newham 35,000 312,000 277,000 Norfolk County Council 31,000 1,149,000 1,118,000 Northamptonshire County Council 48,000 856,000 808,000 Northampton 8,235 39,000 30,765 Nottinghamshire County Council 20,000 1,513,000 1,493,000 Oadby and Wigston 3,403 11,000 7,597 Richmond Upon Thames 44,938 246,000 201,062 Sandwell 56,000 458,000 402,000 Somerset County Council 4,500 708,000 703,500 South Lakeland 6,000 22,000 16,000 Southwark 106,575 340,000 233,425 Stockport 63,000 444,000 381,000 Three Rivers 3,320 17,000 13,680 Thurrock 3,114 28,000 24,886 Tower Hamlets 10,000 237,000 227,000 Waltham Forest 8,808 322,000 313,192 Wandsworth 25,000 378,000 353,000 shows the threshold which applies in each case. Only Aylesbury Vale, Rochford and Uttlesford district councils exceeded their respective thresholds. No figures are available centrally on the numbers of refugees accepted by each authority.
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Expenditure Threshold Difference Watford 4,090 17,000 12,910 Westminster 56,048 274,000 217,952 Wiltshire County Council 87,500 853,000 765,500 York 830 22,000 21,170