HC Deb 27 April 1983 vol 41 c337W
Mr. Home Robertson

asked the Minister for Trade if any complaints have been made to his Department about any aspect of the work of citizens advice bureaux in Scotland.

Dr. Vaughan

[pursuant to the reply, 21 April 1983, c. 146]: Yes. I have received three letters, each with a complaint.

Mr. Home Robertson

asked the Minister for Trade what level of funding he expects to go to the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux in 1983–84; and if he will make it his policy to determine the level and provision of funds from his Department for citizens advice bureaux in Scotland separately from those in other parts of the United Kingdom.

Dr. Vaughan

[pursuant to the reply, 21 April 1983, c. 146.]: This year's allocation for SACAB, within the total grant allocation of £6.04 million for NACAB, SACAB and GLCABS, is currently under consideration by the two associations concerned. The possibility of separate grant-in-aid arrangements for each national association was raised last year by the Scottish Association, and we shall be discussing it further with them.

Mr. Home Robertson

asked the Minister for Trade if he will list the various matters referred to by the Minister for Consumer Affairs on 12 April, Official Report, column 680, which he has raised with the National Assocition of Citizens Advice Bureaux.

Dr. Vaughan

[pursuant to the reply, 21 April 1983, c. 146.]: I have nothing to add to my statement in the House on 12 April, and to what I said in the Adjournment debate on 22 April.