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Written question asked by Emily Thornberry (Labour) on Thursday, 26 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 January 2006. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Monday, 13 February 2006 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Homelessness

Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what (a) revenue grant and (b) capital grant payments were made by the Homelessness Directorate in support of local homelessness strategies in each local authority in London in 2004–05;
Answer

Homelessness grants from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister supplement other sources of Government funding that help to tackle homelessness, including housing capital investment, supporting people and revenue support grant.In 2004–05 a total of just over £44 million in homelessness grants was allocated to organisations in London by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.The following table provides details of homelessness revenue and capital grant payments made by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in 2004–05 to each local authority in London. Some of this funding may have been passed on by these authorities to voluntary sector agencies to pay for homelessness services.Some funding was provided direct to voluntary sector agencies from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The following table also shows the total value of these grants in London. Most of the voluntary sector homelessness services funded direct by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister operate across more than one local authority area.

ODPM homelessness grants in London, 2004–05
Revenue Capital
Authority
Barking and Dagenham 28,000.00 —
Barnet 165,000.00 —
Bexley 58,000.00 —
Brent 783,000.00 —
Bromley 100,000.00 —
Camden 1,800,000.00 —
City of London 515,000.00 —
Croydon 600,000.00 —
Ealing 600,000.00 —
Enfield 250,000.00 —
Greater London Authority 40,000.00 —
Greenwich 100,000.00 —
Hackney 640,000.00 —
Hammersmith and Fulham 1,500,000.00 470,000.00
Haringey 200,000.00 —
Harrow 183,000.00 —
Havering 27,000.00 —
Hillingdon 80,000.00 —
Hounslow 180,000.00 —
Islington 357,000.00 —
Kensington and Chelsea 943,000.00 —
Kingston upon Thames 90,000.00 —
Lambeth 2,100,000.00 —
Lewisham 100,000.00 474,000.00
Merton 80,000.00 —
Newham 250,000.00 —
Redbridge 105,000.00 —
Richmond 295,000.00 —
Southwark 1,100,000.00 353,000.00
Sutton 150,000.00 —
Tower Hamlets 800,000.00 —
Waltham Forest 200,000.00 —
Wandsworth 300,000.00 —
Westminster 7,366,000.00 9,480,000.00
Total grants to authorities 22,085,000.00 10,777,000.00
Voluntary sector organisations
Not split by authority 9,658,188.00 1,493,550.00
Total grants to voluntary sector organisations 9,658,188.00 1,493,550.00

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
442 c1621-2W;442 c1621-2W; 47178
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Greater London Grants Homelessness Voluntary organisations Homelessness Directorate
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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