§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the organisations which have received interim payments from his Department whilst waiting to hear of their grant allocations for the year 1984–85; and if he will also list the amount of each payment.
§ Mr. NewtonI assume the hon. Member is referring to payments under our general scheme of grants to voluntary organisations. The table shows payments made pending a decision about the total to be paid in 1984–85 in respect of each application.
Interim payments from subhead K2(1) in 1984–85 to date £ British Association for Adoption and Fostering 50,000 Cope 22,500 Crossroads 14,000 Cruse 20,000 English Access Committee 18,300 Family Policy Studies Centre 11,000 Family Service Units 34,000 Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence 2,750 26,520 Merseyside, lancashire and Cheshire Council on Alcoholism 7,500 National Agency on Alcohol Misuse 20,000 16,500 37,000 Opus 1,500 Pre-school Playgroups Association 81,500 Standing Conference on Drug Abuse 18,400 Vortex 2,375 Widows Advisory Trust 2,500 Women's Aid Federation (England) 25,000