HC Deb 25 January 1999 vol 324 cc117-9W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide a breakdown of all allocations of money over £10,000 made under the rough sleepers initiative in the financial year 1997–98 indicating allocations over £10,000 already made under the initiative for financial years 1998–99 and 1999–2000; what is the

£
Local authority 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Total
Aberdeen City Council 232,184 308,482 540,666
Dundee City Council 70,313 249,812 586,625 906,750
East Lothian Council 20,000 56,526 169,579 246,105
East and West Dunbartonshire Councils 11,200 34,300 45,500
City of Edinburgh Council 821,000 2,379,328 1,590,880 4,791,208
Falkirk Council 522,300 522,300
Fife Council 141,535 118,330 170,666 430,531
Glasgow City Council 1,072,900 2,223,700 2,353,300 5,649,900
Highland Council 16,700 16,800 33,500
Inverclyde Council 13,600 33,500 34,300 81,400
Moray Council 14,600 49,745 280,380 344,725
North and South Ayrshire Councils 15,000 46,100 218,250 279,350
North Lanarkshire Council 16,800 257,497 526,813 801,110

total available under the initiative for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of this will be under the control of the Scottish Parliament. [65953]

Mr. Macdonald

[holding answer 18 January 1999]: The breakdown of allocations of over £10,000 made under the Rough Sleepers Initiative on 1997–98 and 1998–99, including allocations for the year 1999–2000, was as follows:

£
Local authority 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Total
Perth and Kinross Council 137,000 318,162 354,351 809,513
Renfrewshire Council 10,100 24,800 134,925 169,825
South Lanarkshire Council 16,600 67,640 73,580 157,820
Stirling Council 11,650 23,900 35,550
West Lothian Council 37,500 37,500 75,000
Glasgow Council for Single Homeless 24,334 33,163 57,497

A further £14 million has been identified for the Rough Sleepers Initiative over the 2 years, 2000–01 and 2001–02. All of these funds will come under the control of the Scottish Parliament.

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