Urban Aid (Hansard, 16 February 1976)

§ Mr. Gordon Wilson
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will drop the 25 per cent. contribution from local authorities and national associations as a precondition for applications for urban aid.

§ Mr. William Ross
I can pay urban grant only to local authorities. I have no proposal to change the already high rate of grant, namely, 75 per cent. of approved expenditure.

§ Mr. Gordon Wilson
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from local associations regarding the criteria for eligibility for grants under urban aid.

§ Mr. William Ross
None.

§ Mr. Gordon Wilson
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the outstanding applications for grants under urban aid.
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§ Mr. William Ross
Thirty applications for grant, set out in the table below, were under consideration by my Department at 11th February 1976. I expect to approve a number of these before the end of this financial year.
Submitting Authority and Project
Fife Regional Council:
Intermediate Treatment Centre.
Tayside Regional Council:
Intermediate Treatment Centre, Arbroath.
Highland Regional Council:
Intermediate Treatment Centre, Caol.
Lothian Regional Council:
Day Centre, Homeless/Alcoholics, Cowgate, Edinburgh.
Site for Travelling People, Duddingston, Edinburgh.
Central Regional Council:
Detached Youth Worker, Bowhouse/Mar Policies Estate, Alloa.
Strathclyde Regional Council:
Access Road to Sports Barn, Gibbshill, Greenock.
Footpath Refurbishment, East Keppoch, Glasgow.
Youth Centre, Sighthill, Glasgow (Furnishings and Equipment).
Community involvement with Deprived Children, Govan.
One-Parent Families, Drumchapel.
^*Refurbishment of Larkfield Boys' Club, Greenock.
East Keppoch Area Team, Glasgow.
Citizens Rights Centre, Barrowfield, Glasgow.
Adventure Playground, Barrowfield, Glasgow.
Cleddans Centre, Drumchapel, Glasgow.
Community Information and Action Centre, Garthamlock, Glasgow.
Volunteer Worker, Lochend Area of Easter-house.
Replacement Hostel for Inverclyde Association for Mental Health, Greenock.
Homeless and Rootless Shop Front project, Central Glasgow.
Children's Centre, North Forgewood, Motherwell.
Provision for Play Buses and Asociation staff, Lanarkshire.
Garthemlock Family Centre, Glasgow.
Community Service Shop, Easterhouse, Glasgow.
Cambuslang "Circuit" Project, Lanarkshire.
Intermediate Treatment, Goldenhill, Dunbartonshire.
Intermediate Treatment, Motherwell.
Project 4 Easterhouse, Glasgow: Education in Pre-School Year.
City of Glasgow District Council:
Tenants' Meeting Halls, Glasgow.
Ramp for Old People's Hostel, Keppoch, Glasgow.
^*Submitted jointly with Inverelyde District Council.
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§ Mr. Gordon Wilson
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is currently the unexhausted balance of funds available under urban aid.

§ Mr. William Ross
Further approvals of applications are likely in the current financial year; these could be granted up to a figure of about £0.5 million, the balance of funds not yet allocated