§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the grants funded by his Department for which individual members of the public and organisations may apply; and if he will make a statement as to(a) the total of such funding in the last financial year, (b) the total number of awards and (c) their administrative costs [82195]
§ Mr. LeslieGrant programmes funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for which the public or organisations may apply are listed below, together with the total expenditure outturn for 2001–02.
£000 New deal for communities 85,288 Community chest 6,918 Special grants programme 1,731 630W
List of all large scale voluntary transfers which have taken place since 1997 Date of transfer Authority Number of households Annual total 28 February 1997 Cotswold DC 4,282 7 March 1997 South Staffs C 5,273 19 March 1997 Lichfield DC 4,921 7 July 1997 South Oxfordshire DC 5,018 22 September 1997 Eden C 1,510 21,004 5 January 1998 LB Lambeth1 Moorlands 515 9 February 1998 LB Bexley 4,118
£000 Tenant participation grant 3,845 Rough sleepers 41,833 In addition funding from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister supports some grants payable by local authorities and some grants payable by the Housing Corporation (the latter mostly to registered social landlords).
The number of awards made under each programme is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Many of these grant schemes are administered by intermediaries, such as local partnerships, or voluntary bodies, who are responsible for specific grant allocations.
The administration of grant programmes is carried out by a number of different units within the Office and Government Offices to which a range of staff make a contribution. It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of these costs centrally. A small proportion of the totals given above may relate to the administration costs of bodies such as partnerships managing programmes.