§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding is being made available to community groups in order to encourage young people to steer clear of crime in north-east London. [75100]
§ Mr. John DenhamThe Government's programme to tackle youth offending includes a number of initiatives to prevent young people being drawn into crime, including by targeting those most at risk.
Key Home Office programmes in North East London that may involve funding for community groups includes Youth Inclusion Programme and Splash, which are running in Haringey, Islington, Hackney and Camden, and the Safer Communities Initiative and Communities Against Drugs programmes, which 338W include youth work, youth diversionary schemes and work with families, in Havering, Barking, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Haringey and Enfield.
The Children's Fund will, by 2004, be providing funding in all London boroughs to address the gap in preventative services for children and young people, aged between five and 13, at risk of social exclusion. And the Children and Young People's Unit Local Network Fund is providing funding for community groups in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge to help tackle poverty and disadvantage amongst children and young people up to 19 years.