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Written question asked by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 9 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 March 2009. It was answered by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Thursday, 19 March 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.


Crimes of Violence: Crime Prevention

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent to date on the Tackling Gangs Action Programme in each of the four cities targeted under the plan, broken down by main category of expenditure.
Answer

More than £3 million has been invested in Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Manchester through the Tackling Gangs Action Programme (TGAP). TGAP saw a 51 per cent. reduction in firearms-related injuries (between October 2007 and February 2008). A breakdown of the funding allocated to each of the four participating cities are outlined in the following tables.

Investment in the Tackling Gangs Action Programme
Birmingham
Workstream £
2007-08 Enforcement, intelligence and prevention work. Including community reassurance and third sector delivery of support 304,037
2008-09 Improve risk management processes 200,000
Implement approaches set out in Tackling Gangs: A Practical Guide 200,000
Total allocation 704,037
Liverpool
Workstream £
2007-08 Enforcement, intelligence and prevention work. Including community reassurance and third sector delivery of support 313,855
2008-09 Improve risk management processes 200,000
Implement approaches set out in Tackling Gangs: A Practical Guide 200,000
Total allocation 713,855
London
Workstream £
2007-08 Enforcement, intelligence and prevention work. Including community reassurance and third sector delivery of support 573,473
2008-09 Improve risk management processes 200,000
Implement approaches set out in Tackling Gangs: A Practical Guide 400,000
Total allocation 1,173,473
Manchester
Workstream £
2007-08 Enforcement, intelligence and prevention work. Including community reassurance and third sector delivery of support 304,088
2008-09 Improve risk management processes 200,000
Implement approaches set out in Tackling Gangs: A Practical Guide 200,000
Total allocation 704,088
Grand total 3,295,453

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
489 c1332-3W;489 c1334-5W; 263191
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Crime prevention Crimes of violence Gangs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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