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Regeneration: North West

Answer

Where Government funding is paid to the local authority decisions on how this funding is, or has been distributed within the authority in the past, are made locally. Information on expenditure at ward level is therefore not readily available. Some of the information requested relates to funding programmes which no longer exist, and for which information cannot readily be obtained.A number of funding streams as follows now form part of the area based grant which has been paid to local authorities since April 2008. Local areas have discretion to use this funding as they see fit to support delivery of local, regional and national priorities in their area, including the achievement of LAA targets. Sefton has received the following funding in 2008-09:"(a) Capital investment in housing—£4,455,000.""(b) Major Repairs Allowance— nil.""(c) Disabled Facilities Grant—£964,000.""(d Working Neighbourhoods Fund—£6,225,786—included within the area based grant. The Community Empowerment Fund is now discontinued.""(e) The Community Learning Chest is now discontinued.""(f) Information is not held on levels of European funding at ward level. As the objective 1 programme is Merseyside-wide in scope, a substantial amount of programme-funded activity will be delivered by organisations that have a pan-Merseyside remit. A project based on one particular area will therefore draw beneficiaries and spend money outside its immediate locality. However Sefton will benefit from the £920 million which has been invested through objective 1 since the programme's outset.""(g) The Community Champions Fund is now discontinued,""(h) UK Online is now discontinued.""(i) Connexions—£2,883,000—included within the area based grant.""(j) The Department for Children Schools and Families administers a number of grants which are now paid as part of the area based grant as follows:"

Grants administered by Department for Children Schools and Families	£
School Development Grant	2,430,237
Extended Schools Start-Up Grants	523,887
Primary National Strategy—Central Co-ordination	138,565
Secondary National Strategy—Central Co-ordination	182,536
Secondary National Strategy—Behaviour and Attendance	68,300
School Improvement Partners	126,280
Educational Health Partnerships	93,065
School Travel Advisors	35,000
Choice Advisors	33,418
School Intervention Grant	78,600
14-19 Flexible Funding Pot	88,694
Sustainable Travel—General Duty	21,402
Extended Rights to Free Transport	25,115
Childrens Fund	789,660
Childrens Trust Fund	4,883
Positive Activities for Young People	289,101
Teenage Pregnancy	130,000
Childrens Social Care Workforce	94,528
Care Matters White Paper	180,652
Child Death Review Processes	37,425
Young Peoples Substance Misuse	38,896
Preventing Violence and Extremism Toolkit	8,000

"(k) The Drug and Alcohol Training Programme is now amalgamated within the Connexions Programme.""(1) Lifelong Learning Partnerships is now administered by the Learning Skills Council.""(m) The Government office for the north-west administers no funding for renewable energy.""(n) Details on funding for Sefton are not held by the Mersey Basin Campaign.""(o) The Building Safer Communities Programme has now been amalgamated within the Safer Stronger Communities Fund for which Sefton has been allocated £681,316 as part of the area based grant.""(p) The Wardens Scheme is now discontinued.""(q) The Small Retailer in Deprived Areas Programme is now discontinued.""(r) Partnership Support Development is now discontinued.""(s) The CCTV Initiative is now discontinued.""(t) The Partnership Support Programme is now discontinued.""(u) The Target Policing Initiative is now discontinued.""(v) The Government office for the north-west administers no funds in respect of prostitution.""(w) The Violence Against Women programme is now discontinued, but Sefton has been allocated £20,000 this year in respect of independent domestic violence advisers."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

487 c1298-300W;487 c1297-9W; 253342

Session

2008-09

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Subjects

Regeneration Sefton

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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