§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the grants funded by his 715W 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. [82186]
Description of grant Expenditure (£) Refugee community development fund, 66 organisations awarded 350,000 Refugee integration challenge fund, 20 projects 500,000 European refugee fund (in calendar year 2000), approximately 5,400,000 (For funding: voluntary return measures, reception of asylum seekers, and integration of refugees) 500,000 44 projects awarded in 2002. Purposeful activity for asylum seekers 35 awards Active Community Units Capital modernisation grants (1 year only) 42 awards 7.800,000 (To voluntary organisations for information technology and building projects; relocation or co-location (i.e. bringing various organisations under one roof) Mentoring project grants (£3.5 million over three years)) 38 awards 1,160,000 Mentoring capital grants (one year only) 30 awards 500,000 Active community grants (£5.1 million over three years) 34 awards 1,700,000 Family support grant 90 grants 5,300,000 The recovered assets fund, 2 awards 250,000 Race Equality Unit Connecting communities, 75 awards 4,151,467 Easter schemes (community cohesion activity schemes), 9 awards 267,107 Reduction of racial disadvantage grants, 12 awards 572,473 Summer schemes (community cohesion activity schemes) 208 awards 7,000,000 Drugs prevention advisory service, 155 awards 1,721,937 Total costs 37,172,984 Information about associated administration costs is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.