To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding her Department has provided to the Supporting People in Surrey scheme in each year since its inception; and how much such funding she expects to be allocated to the scheme for the remainder of the 2007 comprehensive spending review period. (264374)

Since 2003 administering authorities have been allocated funding through the Supporting People programme to support the most vulnerable people in their communities through the provision of housing-related support. The Government have invested over £8.7 billion since the programme began in 2003; and announced a further £4.9 billion funding up to 31 March 2011. Surrey county received a Supporting People programme grant allocation of: