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Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Friday, 13 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 March 2009. It was answered by Iain Wright (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 March 2009 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Supporting People in Surrey Scheme

Question
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.
Answer

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:

£
2003-04 19,913,095
2004-05 18,835,049
2005-06 18,509,347
2006-07 18,509,347
2007-08 18,509,347
2008-09 18,509,347
2009-10 18,509,347
2010-11 ¹17,900,356
¹ Indicative.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
489 c1114W;489 c1116W; 264374
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Supporting people programme Surrey
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk