Boy was killed five days after Kids Company collapsed, "said Alan Yentob as deputies hear closing charity led to a series of stabbings and suicide attempts because children no longer had to £ 200 a week 'for pay drug dealers' Kids Company collapsed this year after the government accept £ 3m \ The former head of Camila Batmanghelidjh was brought before MPs this morning She admitted that it was not a "myth" that the money was given to vulnerable children Trustee Alan Yentob said the collapse of charity deputies wave of violence unleashed He said that after the collapse of a charity boy had been killed MP Bernard Jenkin said the committee had said that "these incidents occurred because children no longer had money to pay drug dealers' The collapse of the charity Kids Company unleashed a wave of stabbings, suicide attempts and even murder because vulnerable young people no longer had access to cash to pay for their drug traffickers, MPs heard today. The former head of Kids Company Camila Batmanghelidjh admitted this morning charity used to deliver up to £ 200 a week in cash for vulnerable children. BBC executive Alan Yentob - who was president of the trustees of the charity - defended cash payments and insisted that the children of the company had done a "remarkable job" in protecting vulnerable young people from the inner cities. Speaking to parliamentarians in the Public Accounts Committee, Mr. Yentob added: 'Five days after Kids Company closed a child was killed. It was to crime prevention centers that were closed. There were stabbings, there were four suicide attempts. " But committee chair Bernard Jenkin revealed that the deputies had said that "these incidents occurred because children no longer had money to pay for drug dealers." Mr. Yentob said Conservative MP's statement was a "terrible indictment '. Miss Batmanghelidjh, who has been criticized for overseeing the collapse of the organization despite receiving millions of pounds in government funding, insisted that the money was not given out 'willy-nilly'. Miss Batmanghelidjh also admitted that the charity had helped an individual to pay your mortgage, but told MPs should 'would like to discuss separately'. The head of the controversial charity admitted it was not a "myth" that the money was given to vulnerable children in envelopes through windows with no control over how it is spent. Asked if the children were given hundreds of pounds a week, Miss Batmanghelidjh initially said "no" before admitting "some did" before clarifying that this was "very rare". She said children could receive anything between £ 10 and £ 200 a week of charity, dependent on public funding. In general, children Company received £ 37million in public funding during its 19-year history. Miss Batmanghelidjh, who was grilled by MPs with the BBC creative director Alan Yentob said any spending above £ 5,000 per week should be signed by the council. Despite the eye-watering levels of spending, Ms. Batmanghelidjh confirmed Ofsted charity never fully investigated. Ms. Batmanghelidjh said "intervention payments of poverty 'to cover food vouchers, bus passes and emergency grants were made. But she said. "It's become the idea that was presented in any way was it was not considered.." She said that payments of more than £ 100 a week were 'very rare' and would only be done if someone had a family to support. Ms. Batmanghelidjh insisted that the distribution of payments to customers was properly supervised. 'Everything would go in an envelope for each child with a reception at the top. Then he was taken to the centers street level, "he said. 'When you reach the end of the week in the middle of the street team in the reception area would oversee the delivery of the envelope for the customer had to sign. Kids Company, which provided support to vulnerable young people, collapsed in August - just days after receiving a grant of £ 3 million from the government and in the middle of a police investigation. The closure came after the ministers said they wanted to recover the grant of £ 3 million - with officials saying they believed conditions associated with the use of money was not met. It has emerged from the Home Office and the Charity Commission were warned 13 years ago about the mismanagement and misuse of charity funds. Trustees of the charity were also said nine years ago that their "weak finances" and "overconfidence" the founder Camila Batmanghelidjh could push him under. Reports about how they conducted the now defunct organization came from two other charities, including the description of their survival as a "triumph against all odds. They painted a picture of a chaotic agency could not build cash reserves and was surprisingly careless about their accounts.

• published: 15 Oct 2015
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