§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply of 28 February, Official Report, column 269, concerning grants to organisations representing the disabled, if he will give for those 11 organisations receiving an annual grant of over £200,000 from his Department, a summary of their objectives and functions, their total annual income and the number of years for which they have been receiving a grant from his Department.
§ Mr. NewtonListed are those organisations specifically dealing with disability which received a grant of £200,000 or more from the Department in 1983–84 under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (General Scheme). The first year in which they received a section 64 grant is given in brackets.
Grants made to certain disability organisations under Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968—General Scheme—in 1983–84 Amount (£) Disabled Living Foundation 256,000 (1972–73) MENCAP 256,917 (1981–82) Motability 331,228 (1977–78) National Association for Mental Health 350,000 (1976–77) Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation 240,000 (1977–78) Royal National Institute for the Blind (Embossed LiteratureService) 240,000 *(1948) It would be for the organisations themselves to provide information about their objectives, functions and accounts. * The grant for this service, currently made under section 64, dates back to an agreement made following the 1948 National Assistance Act that an Exchequer grant be made towards the production of braille literature. Prior to 1948 grants had been made by local authorities.