HC Deb 01 February 1994 vol 236 c648W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will itemise the expenditure on the administration of safer cities, including printing, advertising and stationery costs as well as worker expenses(a) over the last year and (b) since the scheme was developed.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Since the safer cities programme was launched in 1988, the following expenditure has been incurred on the programme's administration:

£ thousand
1988–93 1993–941 Totals
Publicity 533 90 623
Evaluation 188 47 235
Administration 1,619 309 1,928
Salaries 3,617 1,013 4,630
Surveys 1,060 62 1,122
Capital 307 3 310
1 1993–94 figures represent expenditure up to, and including, the third quarter.

The above mentioned budgets comprise the following categories of expenditure: Publicity—producing action plans, annual reports, local brochures-organising seminars and conferences-publicising crime prevention schemes and activities. Evaluation—data collection, census statistics, analysis software, analysis consultancies and census boundary data in order to evaluate the Programme. Administration—project running costs, including stationery, staff travel and subsistence expenses-office rent and rates-minor office works-recruitment of staff-staff training-workshops and a national conference-equipment maintenance costs Salaries—salaries of project staff Surveys—local surveys and research work to identify crime problems and solutions, and to evaluate grant-aided schemes-centrally commissioned surveys to assist the evaluation of the Programme Capital—project furniture and equipment

A further breakdown of the programme's expenditure could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.