Asylum: Finance Kerry McCarthy To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what payments have been made to each local authority from the (a) Challenge Fund for Refugees and (b) Purposeful Activities for Asylum Seekers Fund in each year since these funds were established. Mr. Byrne The information is shown in the following tables. --------------------------------- |£ | --------------------------------- |Local authority |2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| --------------------------------- |Manchester City Council |73,163.00|69,079.00|—|77,650.00|—|—| --------------------------------- |Kent County Council |—|13,984.00|14,404.00|—|—|—| --------------------------------- |North Tyneside Council |—|26,796.00|—|—|—|—| --------------------------------- |Newcastle City Council |—|—|31,800.00|—|—|—| --------------------------------- |Liverpool City Council |—|—|64,714.00|—|—|—| --------------------------------- |Cardiff City Council |—|—|51,272.00|48,068.00|—|—| --------------------------------- |Leicestershire City Council |—|—|—|21,500.00|36,158.00|—| --------------------------------- |Northamptonshire County Council|—|—|—|28,000.00|—|—| --------------------------------- |Stoke on Trent City Council |—|—|—|34,050.00|—|—| --------------------------------- |Portsmouth City Council |—|—|—|—|33,095.00|—| --------------------------------- |Middlesbrough Council |—|—|—|—|—|12,320.00| --------------------------------- |London Borough of Brent |—|—|—|—|—|39,500.00| --------------------------------- |Total |73,163.00|109,859.00|162,190.00|209,268.00|69,253.00|51,820.00| --------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ |£ | ------------------------------------------ |Local authority |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| ------------------------------------------ |Leicestershire County Council |2,440.00|2,850.00|27,550.00|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Nottingham City Council |3,537.00|7,207.00|35,000.00|—|—| ------------------------------------------ | |7,384.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |London Borough of Islington |3,582.00|3,475.00|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ | |2,778.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |London Borough of Barking and Dagenham |5,265.00|5,260.00|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |London Borough of Greenwich |27,185.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |London Borough of Lewisham |20,000.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|5,380.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|4,009.00|12,636.40|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Middlesbrough Council |3,500.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Newcastle City Council |3,300.00|24,756.00|24,880.00|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |South Tyneside Council |1,350.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Gateshead Council |12,000.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Manchester City Council |11,350.00|10,000.00|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Stoke on Trent City Council |4,000.00|—|—|8,189.80|—| ------------------------------------------ |Rotherham Borough Council |7,000.00|—|7,260.00|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Leeds City Council |21,582.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Wakefield Council |14,534.00|—|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |West Berkshire Council |—|8,500.00|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Newport City Council |—|6,230.00|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Birmingham City Council |—|575.00|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Solihull Council |—|968.00|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Sheffield City Council |—|36,854.00|—|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |Coventry City Council |—|—|19,582.00|—|—| ------------------------------------------ |North Tyneside Council |—|—|—|10,440.00|—| ------------------------------------------ | |—|—|—|9,590.00|—| ------------------------------------------ |Cambridgeshire County Council |—|—|—|—|28,900.00| ------------------------------------------ |Total |160,176.00|119,311.40|114,272.00|28,219.80|28,900.00| ------------------------------------------