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<p> </p><p>Under this and the last Administration, the Department for Communities
and Local Government has provided grant funding to a number of local authorities to
support the provision of advice on preventing homelessness to complement the funding
we provide to the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The London Borough
of Croydon received £1,591,050 in grant in 2010-11 for homelessness prevention, which
was intended to support a range of activities including a contribution to the costs
of providing homelessness advice to local authorities in London. The payment to Croydon
was made under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 (the general power to pay
grant to local authorities towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred). The grant
was unring-fenced and not subject to any conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As
was the position with funding provided to Newham, as set out in the answers to the
noble Lady on 13 February 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA165 and of 27 March
2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column WA247, there was no contract either between
the Department and the London Borough of Croydon or the Department and Andy Gale.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While departmental officials had discussions with Croydon about
how the grant was to be spent, Ministers in this Administration had no involvement
with local authorities on commissioning such services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A
copy of the The Homelessness Revenue Grant Determination 2011-12 (31/1974) dated 1
March 2012 which lists the amount of funding received by 47 local authorities in 2011-12
for homelessness prevention work has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>
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