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Crimes of Violence: Crime Prevention

Volume 489: debated on Thursday 19 March 2009

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. (263191)

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