HC Deb 08 December 1983 vol 50 cc246-7W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how much funding he has allocated to health education in Wales in each of the years from 1979.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The Welsh Office provides support for a range of health education activities by district health authorities, local authorities, voluntary organisations and others. In addition it makes an annual contribution to the cost of the Health Education Council. That contribution in each year from 1978–79 is as follows:

£
1978–79 105,081
1979–80 110,213
1980–81 146,658
1981–82 289,553
1982–83 315,444
1983–84 *485,000
* estimated.
Improvement and Conversion Repair Grants Intermediate and Special Grants Total
1975 6,694 30 612 7,336
1976 6,011 75 482 6,568
1977 6,515 114 388 7,017
1978 5,373 144 414 5,931
1979 5,568 148 403 6,119
1980 6,783 147 412 7,342
1981 6,101 809 770 7,680
1982 5,050 4,703 1,236 10,989
1983* 5,070 11,540 1,192 17,802
* Provisional data for January-September 1983.

Mr. Ron Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Wales by what amount he expects public demand for housing improvement grant expenditure in Wales in 1984–85 to exceed that amount allocated by local authorities for such purposes.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Demand for grant expenditure is determined by the rate of approval of applications by local authorities. Similarly, the proportion of local authorities' resources to be devoted to grant expenditure next year is for each authority to determine.

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