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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Sir Sydney Chapman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what criteria were used to allocate funding to the London boroughs for initiatives to tackle homelessness in 2005-06. [215495] Yvette Cooper: The 2005-06 homelessness grant allocations to London boroughs were based on a review of the 2003-04 and 2004-05 grants. The 2004-05 grants were composed of two elements. The first element allocated to all authorities was formula based reflecting historical levels of homelessness. The second element was awarded following a competitive bidding process open to all authorities. The evaluation criteria to decide the 2005-06 allocations were: historical levels of homelessness; how well they performed using homelessness grant in 2003-04 particularly in delivering on the rough sleeping and bed and breakfast targets; their delivery of the outcomes required as part of the 2004-05 grant through the implementation of their homelessness strategy and the value for money achieved; and their ongoing adherence to other conditions of grant set out in the grant determination regarding submission of quarterly performance monitoring reports and PIE returns. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister will also be making some capital grant allocations to some London boroughs as part of a hostels capital improvement project. These grants have been targeted on areas that have succeeded in reducing rough sleeping, but still have a high level of single homelessness in hostels that are often no longer fit for purpose.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1643-4W; 215495

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Greater London Grants Homelessness

Link

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