§ Mr. SarwarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding was provided to the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner to provide immigration training for voluntary sector workers in(a) 2003 and (b) 2004.[171792]
§ Mr. BrowneThe Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC), in its annual business plan, submits its budget proposals to the Home Office for approval. The total budget allocation is then paid, in monthly grant in aid payments, to the OISC, which then has authority to incur the expenditure approved without further reference to the Department.
The OISC community training budgets for the relevant period, which have been approved by the Home Office, were:
£ 2002–03 200,000 2003–04 175,000 2004–05 170,000