HC Deb 18 November 1998 vol 319 c692W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the financial allocation made to services for children since May 1997 that have been additional to the expenditure previously agreed. [60305]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

The provision for the Looked After Children Development Fund for 1998–99 is £1.0 million which compares with £500,000 in 1997–98. Provision for grants to children and families for 1998–99 is £2.884 million and was £2,822 million in 1997–98. Provision for Area Child Protection Committee (ACPC) grants in 1998–99 is £44,000, the same as for the previous year.