HC Deb 01 February 1978 vol 943 cc201-2W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Attorney-General (1) if he will make inquiries to discover how the Newham Rights Centre spends its £45,000 grant from his Department;

(2) If he will make inquiries to discover how the North Kensington Law Centre spends its £58,500 grant from his Department;

(3) if he will make inquiries to discover how the Saltley Action Centre spends its £14,000 grant from his Department;

(4) if he will make inquiries to discover how the Tower Hamlets Law Centre spends is £57,600 grant from his Department;

(5) if he will make inquiries to discover how the Adamsdown Community Advice Centre spends its £30,040 grant from his Department;

(6) if he will make inquiries to discover how the Cambridge House and Talbot Advice Centre spends its £10,000 grant from his Department.

The Solicitor-General

Each of these law centres provides my noble Friend's Department with regular reports of its income and expenditure and an annual report on its activities. Every law centre is an independent voluntary organisation, with its own constitution, organization

these two limits is shown in the following table:

and methods of providing services. It is, however, a condition of my noble Friend's grant to the law centres which he supports that the money so provided will be used solely for the provision of legal services.