HC Deb 02 December 2002 vol 395 cc629-30W
Mr. McLoughlin

To 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. Leslie

Grant 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

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.