§ Baroness Billinghamasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress has been made in implementing that Safer Communities Initiative, and what the amount is that each crime and disorder reduction partnership will receive. [HL3688]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Rooker)The Safer Communities Initiative is conceived as a framework for providing crime and disorder reduction partnerships with funding to tackle crime and disorder in their area to meet national crime reduction targets and other local priorities.
All 376 partnerships have been allocated a share of the £20 million available funding in 2002–03. The funding is allocated using a formula consisting of recorded crime (80 per cent) and an even share (20 per cent). Each partnership will receive at least the same amount of funding in 2003–04.
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Home Department (Mr Denham) has today placed a paper showing the detailed allocations to each partnership, and more information regarding the initiative, in the Library. Guidance for the initiative will be placed on the crime reduction website (www.crimereduction.gov.uk) shortly.