§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each initiative under the Crime Reduction Fund, indicating(a) the amount budgeted for each initiative and in total in 2001–02 and (b) the total expended for each initiative and in total in 2001–02; and if he will make a statement. [84297]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 2 December 2002]: The total provision for the Crime Reduction Programme (CRP) in 2001–02 was £189 million (my previous answer to the hon. Member included also the amounts needed to complete the Crime Reduction Programme in 2002–03). Expenditure on the programme in 2001–02, totalled £149 million (with £37 million of the £40 million shortfall attributable to implementation of the Close Circuit Television initiative). In 2002–03, the total provision for the CRP is £111 million which includes the £40 million shortfall from 2001–02.
The information covering project grant evaluation and running costs on the CRP in 2001–02 is given in the table.
£000 Delegated for provision for 2001–021 Actual expenditure for 2001–02 Reduced Burglary 18,491 18,462 Locks for the over-60s 3,000 2,796 Summer Schemes 1,680 2,058 Prostitution—What Works 1,028 895 Targeted Policing 18,606 15,482 'On Track'2 0 2,205 Innovation Fund3 0 0 Vehicle Crime Publicity 0 0 Treatment of Offenders 8,175 6,134 Drug Arrest Referrals 10,521 9,930 Schools Intervention 5,405 4,483 Violence Against Women 7,092 5,916 Vehicle Crime 2,610 861 Youth Inclusion 2,750 2,750 Sentencing Practices 3,155 1,914 Neighbourhood Wardens 3,000 2,867 Design Against Crime 1,052 767 Toolkits 400 403 Arson Control Forum 0 0 Offenders Index 0 0 Suzy Lamplugh Trust 295 196 Rape Crisis Federation 406 296 CCTV Initiative4 101,308 70,523 Total5,6 188,974 148,938 1 Shows the amounts delegated to these initiatives in 2001–02. The figures for 2001–02 also take into account the effects of the Spending Review 2000 Settlement. 2 Balance of funding transferred to the Department for Education and Skills for completion of programme. 3 Funding reallocated to other projects 4 Provision comes from the Capital Modernisation Fund. Includes £4.6 million for CCTV in police vehicles. Agreed end year flexibility of £37 million on the CCTV initiative in 2001–02 to be carried forward into 2002–03. 5 The total figure excludes central and regional programme support costs, which are not allocated to particular initiatives. 6 The provision for 2001–02 given in my previous reply to the hon. Member was £260 million, which also included the funding needed to roll out the rest of the CRP in 2002–03. The outturn for 2001–02 at £149 million and provision for 2002–03 at £111 million total £260 million.