Written question asked by Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 January 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.
Community Relations: Finance
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funds (a) her Department, (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers and (c) police authorities contributed to local authority Preventing Violent Extremism projects in 2008, broken down by local authority; and if she will make a statement.
- Answer
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The information is not available broken down in the form requested as the funding covers a range of national, regional and local projects. The Home Office has announced £23.3 million in 2008-09.£12.5 million was announced in June 2008:"£1 million for the Channel Project.""£3.5 million to youth offending teams and youth secure establishments on new work to prevent violent extremism, focused on supporting young individuals who have had contact with the criminal justice system.""£7.25 million to the National Offender Management Service and partner agencies, including ACPO, to do further work in prisons and the community to tackle vulnerability to radicalisation among offenders.""£750,000 for the Home Office to fund further grass-roots projects aimed at tackling radicalisation."A further £10.8 million was announced in December 2008:"£5 million for local authorities, Government offices and the police in support of work in schools and colleges.""£5.8 million over the current CSR (£2.6 million for 2008-09) to fund a wide range of projects to disrupt radicalisers, strengthen institutions and support vulnerable individuals."Funding was made available to a range of Prevent delivery partners, including but not exclusively, local authorities.In addition to this, I announced that the Home Office is funding more than 300 new Prevent police posts over three years. £16 million will be spent this year creating new posts across 24 priority forces.Information about other funds which may have been allocated by police authorities is not held centrally.
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- 486 c1481-2W; 249586
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- 2008-09
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- Community relations Finance
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