§ Lord Actonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Jay of Paddington on 26 November 1997 (WA 123), which referred to 170 new places being provided under the Secure Accommodation Development Programme, what was the source of payment for those places. [HL449]
§ The Minister of State, Department of Health (Baroness Jay of Paddington):The Secure Accommodation Development Programme was funded 188WA by central government via capital grants made by the Secretary of State for Health under S.82 of the Children Act 1989.