§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each category of grant available from his Department to(a) local authorities, (b) voluntary organisations, (c) commercial organisations, (d) other organisations and (e) individuals in each of the past five years, the current year and projected for the 1994–95 financial year together with, for each year and in each case, (i) the date he published information or issued a circular providing detailed criteria (ii) the date the application form was made generally available (iii) the published closing date for applications (iv) any extended 337W and final application date applied by his Department (v) the date of announcement of his decisions and (vi) the date in which detailed offers were sent out by his Department.
§ Mr. JackExcluding payments made under contract, financial provision is available in 1993–94 for grants to be made in connection with the following programmes:
- Local authorities
- Police services
- Probation services
- Emergency planning
- Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966
- Safer Cities
- Drug prevention
- Probation and bail hostels
- Voluntary organisations
- Safer cities
- Crime concern
- Diversion from custody
- Victims of crime
- Immigration appeals assistance
- Prisoners abroad
- Probation and bail hostels
- Marriage guidance
- Reduction of racial disadvantage
- Drug prevention
- Refugees
- Women's Royal Voluntary Service
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Support to the voluntary sector including the promotion of voluntary activity and community development
- Accident prevention
- Information network focus on religious movements
- Prison after-care and supervision
- Repatriation of Commonwealth citizens
- Resettlement of offenders
- Commercial organisations
- Safer cities
- Other organisations
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
- Police Complaints Authority
- Gaming Board
- Commission for Racial Equality
- Safer cities
- Wartime broadcasting
- Probation training
- Probation and bail hostels
- Ethnic minority grants to training and enterprise councils
- Reduction of racial disadvantage
- Animals research
- Individuals
- The Data Protection Registrar
Grants have been made in comparable categories over the past five years as well as in connection with:
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BBC Welsh Fourth Channel Authority Responsibility transferred to the Department of National Heritage in 1992–93 Broadcasting Complaints Commission Broadcasting Standards Council Football Licensing Authority Equal Opportunities Commission Responsibility transferred to the Employment Department in 1992–93
BBC Warning and monitoring Arson prevention Up to 1992–93 Budgets for 1994–95 have not yet been settled.
The criteria and information required before grants are approved are made available to applicant organisations in a variety of ways. The detailed information sought is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.