Local Authorities: Finance James Brokenshire To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department provided to local authorities in 2009-10; how much it expects to provide in 2010-11 by (a) programme, (b) funding stream and (c) grant; what the nature and purpose of such funding was in 2009-10; and what mechanism was used for the allocation of funds between local authorities. Mr. Woolas The Home Office (including UKBA) has provided the following funding to local authorities during 2009-10. Details of the grant stream, and the purpose of each are included. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grant stream name |Grant stream purpose |Budget |Total spend to date| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Victims and Witness Champions |The role of the champions will be to promote the needs of antisocial behaviour victims and coordinate local services to ensure victims receive the support and information they want and need. |150 |0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Private Space Violence Fund |The grant stream covers a number of local initiatives to tackle domestic violence. This ranges from providing support to voluntary organisations, holding awareness raising conferences, improving data collection, and starting perpetrator programmes. |3,500 |72 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Support Network |To strengthen the effectiveness of local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) and Community safety Partnerships (CSPs)to respond to local concerns and deliver national priorities. |1, 000 |0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Young People Substance Misuse Partnership Grant |To contribute towards the non ring fenced area based grant. It acts as an important lever for increasing the priority given to young people and drugs by drugs action teams and local authorities |15,392 |0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Drugs Intervention programme |To integrate measures for directing adult drug-misusing offenders out of crime and into treatment. Payments to drug action teams |88,400 |43,558 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Place Based Support Fund (including vigilance grant) |To fund a strategic programme of support for local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) or Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) in Wales. Funding aims to enable partnerships to improve public confidence in the work they do and ultimately reduce crime.|2,500 |213 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Safer Stronger Communities Fund (SSCF) |To provide opportunities for people to work more closely with the police and other authorities in their neighbourhoods to create safer communities. (Resource) |61,147 |19,135 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Safer Stronger Communities Fund (SSCF) |To provide opportunities for people to work more closely with the police and other authorities in their neighbourhoods to create safer communities. (Capital) |18,872 |9,436 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NCJG Coordinator Allocation Work Priorities Allocation ASB Victims and Witnesses Allocation|Taking forward Neighbourhood Justice activities in 60 areas across the country. This includes improving the local public offer in terms of: |4,595 |263 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |One dialogue with the public on crime, policing and justice | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Services delivering on their public commitments/minimum standards e.g. Policing Pledge, Victims Code, Witness Charter etc | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Much increased public awareness of consequences for offenders, particularly Community Payback and publicising sentencing outcomes | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Access to the Community Crime Fighters programme | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |OSCT Prevent: Social Research |To fund research identified by Prevent SBSR Team as essential to the development of a sound evidence base for strategy and policy in managing extremism in prisons |31 |31 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |OSCT Protect—Crowded Places |To reduce the vulnerability of high to medium-high sites in England and Wales |5,500 |0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |OSCT Prevent: Identification and Referral -Objectives 2 and 3 |15 projects lead by GO'S, local authorities and voluntary organisations in support of prevent objectives 2 and 3 |490 |10 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Local Consortia Enabling Grants |Enabling Grants L SE, SW&W, MIDS, Sc and NI, NE and NW, Yorkshire and Humberside provide support to organisations for the coordination and provision of advice, support and services for all migrants. |1, 570 |785 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) |UASC Grants- England, Scotland & Wales Funding provided to local authorities as required under statute to contribute towards costs incurred by each authority |127,000|66,855 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leaving Care Grants |Leaving Care Grants - Funding provided to local authorities as required under statute to contribute towards costs incurred by each authority |17,200 |8,600 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Treasury Invest to Save Budget (ISB) |Support for the Changing Community in Crewe - aims to co-ordinate an improved response to the needs of the migrant worker population and reduce the additional stress on service providers at a District and County level. |51 |0 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The total expenditure to date includes payments made up to the end of September 2009. Where no expenditure to date has occurred, this will be due to a variety of reasons, including: 1. Grant stream recently agreed, therefore no payments have yet been made 2. Grant recipient has not provided evidence of expenditure incurred, therefore no payments to date occurred The Home Office has not yet finalised expected provision (by programme, funding stream, or grant) for 2010-11 to this level of detail. However, the Home Office has announced funding for area based grant across the entire spending review, comprising: ------------------------------------------------------------ | |£ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |Safer Stronger Communities Fund (Resource) |61,146,931| ------------------------------------------------------------ |Young People Substance Misuse Partnership Grant|15,392,326| ------------------------------------------------------------ The Home Office adopts a variety of mechanisms by which to determine the allocation to each local authority. In relation to grants, there are the following mechanisms: Formula based (e.g. Safer Stronger Communities Fund)—each local authority has a pre-determined allocation based upon a formula that ensures a commensurate allocation throughout the country Bid based—all local authorities are entitled to bid for funding as per the business plan that they provide. These bids are then considered, and assessed against criteria such as value for money and allocations determined accordingly. Funding pot availability—a specific maximum amount per grant is set, and each local authority may submit a bid within that maximum ceiling. Fixed rate basis (e.g. UASC—Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers Children)—the grant payable to local authorities is on a fixed rate (e.g. per UASC per night), with many authorities having different grant rates, according to their numbers of UASC and individual circumstances. Fixed rate once specified thresholds exceeded (e.g. Leaving Care grant)—paid to local authorities, at a rate of £100 per week per former UASC aged over 18, after the first 25 cases have been discounted.