The Rt Hon Lord Rooker, Minister of State for Regeneration and Regional Development and the Rt Hon Nick Raynsford, Minister of State for Local and Regional Government made this announcement today in the House of Lords and House of Commons respectively:
The Government is today announcing the allocation to Administering Authorities of £1.715bn for the Supporting People programme in 2005/06. These grants are awarded to authorities to enable them to provide housing related services to over 1.2 million vulnerable people in our society.