Police: Finance Justine Greening To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the aim of the Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Grant is; how much Government funding has been (a) distributed to and (b) spent by each local authority in each year since their inception; and how much he expects to be spent in each of the next two years. Mr. Alan Campbell The aim of the Neighbourhood Crime and Justice (NCJ) grant is to help improve public confidence in how crime is tackled and justice delivered across England and Wales. This is targeted through a network of 60 Neighbourhood Crime and Justice ‘Pioneer Areas’—60 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs). Funding is paid out retrospectively against approved spend. Local programmes of work commenced between October 2008 and March 2009. The following table shows the 2008-09 approved claims for funding by area and the amounts that areas can spend up to in 2009-10. ---------------------------------------------- | |Claimed |Allocation| ---------------------------------------------- |Barking and Dagenham |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Barnsley |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Birmingham |49,963 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Blackburn with Darwen |31,670 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Blackpool |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Bolton |60,000 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Bradford |29,889 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Brent |60,000 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Bristol |59,934 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Caerphilly |25,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Camden |25,674 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Cardiff |2,408 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Doncaster |60,000 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Gateshead |0 |45,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Greenwich |34,133 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Hackney |13,498 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Halton |0 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Hammersmith and Fulham |40,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Haringey |8,516 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Islington |31,895 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Kingston upon Hull |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Kirklees |0 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Knowsley |41,005 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Lambeth |49,816 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Leicester |59,319 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Lewisham |7,054 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Liverpool |60,000 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Luton |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Manchester |46,959 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Middlesbrough |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Newcastle upon Tyne |60,000 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Newham |25,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Newport |37,414 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |North East Lincolnshire|28,231 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Northampton |28,640 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Nottingham |57,492 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Nuneaton and Bedworth |35,000 |0 | ---------------------------------------------- |Oldham |25,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Peterborough |20,136 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Preston |36,304 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Redcar and Cleveland |45,685 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Rochdale |35,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Rotherham |34,063 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Salford |42,627 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Sandwell |59,039 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Sefton |0 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Sheffield |4,427 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Slough |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |South Tyneside |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Southampton |32,404 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |St Helens |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Stoke-on-Trent |28,968 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Sunderland |45,000 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Swansea |23,654 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Tameside |32,223 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Thanet |50,000 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Tower Hamlets |40,430 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Wakefield |59,699 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Walsall |13,127 |75,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Waltham Forest |1,940 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Wolverhampton |43,313 |70,000 | ---------------------------------------------- |Total |2,191,548|4,275,000 | ---------------------------------------------- Justine Greening To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what categories of expenditure are covered by the neighbourhood crime and justice grants funding; how many neighbourhood crime and justice co-ordinators are funded by the grant; what the average salary cost of a neighbourhood crime and justice co-ordinator is; what the official duties of neighbourhood crime and justice co-ordinators are; and what the average number of contracted hours of such co-ordinators are. Mr. Alan Campbell Home Office expenditure covers funding for the employment of Neighbourhood Crime and Justice (NCJ) coordinators and supplementary spend against three evidence-based priorities to improve public confidence in how crime is tackled and justice delivered. These priorities are to raise awareness and understanding of the public's entitlements from the police and other criminal justice agencies; ensure that public services are taking action on the crime and antisocial behaviour issues that are local priorities for the public; help demonstrate to the public that there are consequences for those who break the law. The NCJ grant provides funding for co-ordinators in 60 NCJ “Pioneer Areas”. These are 60 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRP) which were invited to become Pioneer Areas based on a range of indicators, including public perceptions of antisocial behaviour and confidence in local services, deprivation levels and population size. The specific official duties and terms and conditions of NCJ co-ordinators will vary according to the prevailing arrangements within each Pioneer Area. Information on average salaries and hours is not held centrally. They are directly employed by, and therefore responsible to, one of the organisations that comprise the local CDRP, typically the local authority.