HC Deb 23 January 2001 vol 361 c548W
Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much of the money for tackling crime announced on 27 March 2000 has been spent. [145557]

Mr. Charles Clarke

[holding answer 15 January 2001]: Of the additional £285 million which my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced on 27 March 2000 for tackling crime and the causes of crime, nearly £243 million was specifically allocated to the Home Office.

Expenditure as at 31 December against that allocation was just under £51 million.

Expenditure on many of the projects for which money was allocated was not scheduled to begin until 2001–02.