§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding is available for community punishment orders in each probation service area; and if he will make a statement. [109593]
§ Hilary BennThe budget for each probation area for 2003–04 is set out in the table.
The budget given to each area is a general grant and is not hypothecated for community punishment orders nor any other activity.
The National Probation Service (NPS) has been piloting an enhanced community punishment scheme. Plans are in place for this to be rolled out to all probation areas in 2003–04. The national budget settlement for 2003–04 included an additional £9 million to support the implementation of Enhanced Community Punishment (ECP). 524W
Probation areas showing main service budgets for 2003–04 £000 Avon and Somerset 13,613 Bedfordshire 5,440 Cambridgeshire 5,760 Cheshire 10,393 Cumbria 5,290 Derbyshire 9,120 Devon and Cornwall 13,670 Dorset 5,620 Durham 7,460 Essex 13,381 Gloucestershire 5,080 Hampshire 15,560 Hertfordshire 7,797 Humberside 10,620 Kent 14,620 Lancashire 16,410 Leicestershire 9,350 Lincolnshire 6,200 Norfolk 7,139 Northamptonshire 5,820 North Yorkshire 6,603 Nottinghamshire 12,120 Staffordshire 9,610 Suffolk 6,031 Surrey 6,910 Sussex 11,546 Teeside 8,420 Thames Valley 16,915 Warwickshire 4,220 West Mercia 9,880 Wiltshire 5,293 Greater Manchester 33,980 Merseyside 20,250 Northumbria 19,969 South Yorkshire 16,956 West Midlands 35,050 West Yorkshire 27,280 Greater London 96,690 Dyfed-Powys 5,572 Gwent 7,723 North Wales 7,666 South Wales 16,990 Total 574,017