To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding allocation his Department has made for the development of local bail support provision for 1999–2000 and the following two years. [81636]

The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, established under section 41 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, is responsible for administering a fund of £85 million over three years from April 1999 for the development by local authorities and other bodies of good practice in the operation of the youth justice system, the provision of youth justice services and other work to prevent offending by children and young people. It is expected that £35 million of the fund will be used to develop bail support and supervision schemes and other remand-related initiatives.