§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations and individuals received grants and payments in(a) 1999–2000 and (b) 2000–01 for services in support of the work of (i) the Probation Service, (ii) local authority social services departments and (iii) for education as defined in the relevant budget line set out in his Department's Annual Report 1999–2000; and how much money was paid in each such grant. [130115]
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§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 11 July 2000]: Information relating to those organisations directly funded by the Home Office in 1999–2000 for work in support of the Probation Service is as follows. Expenditure shown is the final outturn figure: figures for 2000–01 are available.
- Society of Voluntary Associates (SOVA): £230,000
- National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO): £441,6601
- National Offender Employment Forum: £50,000
- Inner London and Surrey Probation Services—Evaluation of Asset and Springboard Projects: £35,387
- Langley House Trust: £963,132
- Middlesbrough Prostitution Task Force: £1,000
- National Mentoring Consortium: £29,000
- Prisoners' Abroad: £90,000
- Venture Trust: £432,500
- Lucy Faithful Foundation: £392,826
- The remainder of the expenditure on that budget line (£177,495) was in respect of individual placements with various agencies for dangerous offenders.
- Total: £2,843,000
1Amount shown represents project funding paid in addition to the core grant to NACRO which is shown under a separate budget line in the Home Office Annual Report.No direct payments were made by the Home Office under local authority social service departments or for education as defined in the relevant budget line set out in his Department's Annual report 1999–2000.