§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate how many women's aid refuges will lose funding as a result of the abolition of the Greater London council and the metropolitan councils.
§ Sir George YoungDecisions on grants for individual voluntary projects affected by abolition are a matter for local authorities. The information requested is not available centrally.
§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many women's aid refuges have lost funding as a result of the withdrawal of urban aid since 1980.
§ Sir George YoungThe available information is limited to projects which reached the end of their approved funding period and were refused further funding following an application by the local authority. Some 22 women's aid refuges have fallen into this category since 1980. The Department's monitoring surveys indicate that most of these projects will either have been absorbed into local authority main programmes or found alternative sources of support.