§ Mr. Hilary BennTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the programmes funded directly by his Department, relating to social exclusion, regeneration, community development, employment or education, currently operating in(a) the City of Leeds and (b) the Leeds Central parliamentary constituency, listing for each programme the amount of such funding for each of the last three years and the amount planned to be spent in each of the next three financial years. [92913]
§ Mr. BoatengThe projects shown in the table have been separately funded by the Home Office in the last three years or are to be funded within the next three years. Future funding decisions remain to be announced.
In addition, the new Home Office Family Support Grants programme was set up to fund family and parenting support across the country. Grants awarded this year will not go to any projects operating in Leeds alone, but £2,611,813 has been allocated this year to national charities for projects supporting parents and families across the country. This includes, for example, Parentline, a national helpline for parents, and funding for Fathers 261W Direct, a new national charity, which will map the support available for fathers in every town or region. Some of this funding for national organisations will, therefore, directly benefit Leeds.
Area Project Award £ Year Projects funded by the Home Office Crime Reduction Unit Leeds City—Burley/Hyde Park/Kirkstall Crime Reduction Programme—Reducing Burglary Initiative 60,000 (1999) 1999–2000 Target hardening approach aimed at multi-occupancy/shared housing and crime prevention publicity campaign Leeds City—Belle Isle/Biddleton Crime Reduction Programme—Reducing Burglary Initiative Environmental changes aimed at reducing offending opportunities, including fencing of back gardens, improved street lighting etc. 60,000 1999–2000 Chapeltown and Harehills CCTV Challenge Competition Round 2 192,000 1996–97 Leeds Waterfront CCTV Challenge Competition Round 3 99,000 1997–98 Projects funded by Home Office Race Equality Unit Leeds West Indian Carnival European Year Against Racism 6,845 1997–98 One off grant payment for Projects to tackle racist attitudes and racial harassment Leeds Racial Harassment Project European Year Against Racism 6,000 1997–98 One off grant payment for Projects to tackle racist attitudes and racial harassment
Projects funded by the Home Office Central Drugs Prevention Unit Project 1996–97 £ 1997–98 Community Development Chapeltown Phase One—Community Profiling To tackle drugs prevention through a community development approach (Initial community profile) 4,600 1996–97 Chapeltown project support scheme To tackle drugs prevention through a community development approach (Continuation of WYO (3)(2) above) 9,996 1997–98 Working with Racial and Cultural Diversity: Network Promotion Event To extend drug awareness and drugs prevention in racially and culturally diverse communities across West Yorkshire (including Leeds based groups) 18,000 1996–97 (£1,500) 1997–98 (£16,500) Family of Schools To support the development of drugs education and drugs policy in two 'families of schools' in Leeds 6,000 1996–97 (£3,000) 1997–98 (£3,000) Positive Steps To develop drama education workshop in Leeds schools 1,830 1996–97 Community Drugs Awareness To raise drug awareness within the Jewish Community in Leeds 5,000 1996–97 Drugs Information for young people To provide drugs education for 12–16 year olds in East Leeds 1,900 1996–97 Working with drugs users in housing need To provide a training package for those working with drugs users in housing need 2,000 1996–97 The Big Deal To provide drugs education to young people in schools in West Yorkshire (including Leeds) 3,050 1997–98 Drugs Awareness in black-led Churches To provide drugs awareness to members of black-led churches in West Yorkshire (including Leeds) 1,400 1996–97