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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Bruce George: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional funding has been allocated to (a) public and (b) private organisations in Walsall for (i) policing, (ii) crime reduction, (iii) community safety, (iv) regeneration and (v) drugs prevention and related matters for each year since 1996; and if he will identify the organisations and amounts allocated. [158922] Mr. Charles Clarke: Details of funding for crime reduction, community safety and drugs prevention are in the table. Regeneration is a matter for the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). West Midlands police received £2,791,185 in 2000-01 from the Crime Fighting Fund (CFF) for the recruitment of police officers over and above previous plans. Estimated CFF provision for 2001-02 is £7,397,000 but the amount may vary according to the success of the force's recruitment efforts and the timing of recruitment. They also received £3.3 million from the Police Modernisation Fund in 2000-01 to target robbery specifically, of which £50,000 has been allocated to Walsall. Grant supported funding from the Home Office and the DETR for the West Midlands police has been as follows: 1996-97 £344 million; 1997-98 £353.4 million; 1998-99 £371.9 million; 1999-2000 £380.6 million; 2000-01 £392.7 million; 2001-02 £409.7 million. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Funding allocation area Initiative Grant recipient Public or private Amount (£) Financial year sector (where appropriate) Crime reduction CCTV Challenge Walsall Public 52,400 1996-97 Metropolitan Borough Council Crime reduction CCTV Challenge Walsall Public 105,400 1997-98 Metropolitan Borough Council Crime reduction Youth Justice Board Walsall Public 71,725 1999-2000 to Development Fund Metropolitan 2000-01 Borough Council Crime reduction Youth Justice NACRO Walsall Private 81,065 1999-2000 to Board--Youth 2000-01 Inclusion Programme Crime reduction Splash scheme NACRO Walsall Private 39,000 {1}2000-01 Crime reduction Drug Arrest West Midlands Public 5,000 1999-2000 Referrals Police Authority{2} 62,552 2000-01 Crime reduction Reducing Burglary Walsall MBC Public 61,407 2000-01 Crime reduction CCTV Walsall MBC Public 309,629 2000-01 Crime Reduction Neighbourhood Walsall Housing Private {3}41,003 2000-01 Wardens Regeneration agency Community safety Connecting Walsall Strategic Private 192,000 2000-01 Communities Grant Race Equality Grant Community safety Connecting Walsall Ethnic Private 155,000 2000-01 Communities Grant Business Association Drug prevention DAT (Drug Action Walsall DAT Public 117,711 1999-2000 to Team) Development 2001-02 Funding Drug prevention Drug Prevention Walsall Health Public 191,705 1997-98 to 2001-02 Education Education Drugs prevention Youth Service Walsall MBC Public 96,097 1997-98 to 2001-02 (Training for youth workers) Drugs prevention Youth Service Youth Service Public 25,000 1996-97 to 1998-99 (Walsall Walkways Project) Drugs prevention Community Work Activities funded Public 146,000 1999-2000 to through Health 2000-01 Action Zone programmes Drug prevention Treatment for drug Walsall Health Public {4}1,617,959 1997-98 to 2001-02 users Authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} One scheme run under Summer Splash and one under Easter Splash. Funds to this initiative are also provided by the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. {2} Grant is paid to Police Authority who then transfer it to Walsall Health Authority. {3} Amount paid to date. {4} Includes funds from the Department of Health.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

158922; 367 c528W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Crime prevention Crime Finance Drugs Government assistance Private sector Police Public sector Regional planning and development Walsall

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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