§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in the Official Report those voluntary bodies and organisations assisted by his Department with grant aid in the last financial year for which figures are available, and the size of the grant so given.
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§ Dr. BoysonThe information for the financial year ended 31 March 1985 is:
£ Northern Ireland Office Belfast Law Centre 70,200 Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders 210,094 Extern 303,122 Northern Ireland Intermediate Treatment Association 1,365 Save the Children Fund 152,697 Presbyterian Church (Thompson House) 49,778 Ulster Quaker Service 9,304 Dismas House 18,701 Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society 12,001 Citizens Advice Bureau 825 Belfast Rape Crisis Centre 250 Department of Finance and Personnel Refreshment Clubs 380,659 Northern Ireland Civil Service Sports Association 27,500 Northern Ireland Civil Service Retirement Fellowship 4,100 Army Benevolent Fund 15,000 Police Benevolent Fund 49,000 Ulster Defence Regiment Benevolent Fund 20,000 Public Service Training Council 178,673 Northern Ireland Economic Development Office 240,000 Incorporated Council of Law Reporting 3,000 Civil Service Benevolent Fund 13,000 468W
£ Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Council of Social Services 276,000 Community Service Volunteers 5,381 St. Vincent de Paul Society 52,026 Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society 3,500 Cara-Friend 5,147 Retirement Association of Northern Ireland 7,235 International Voluntary Service 14,438 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 27,268 Northern Ireland Council for Orthopaedic Development 16,800 National Deaf Children's Society 2,420 Ulster Institute for the Deaf 6,300 Age Concern 71,873 Abbeyfield Society 2,400 Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults 7,560 Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health 81,432 Northern Ireland Marriage Guidance Council 31,981 Northern Ireland Council on Alcohol 55,599 British Epilepsy Association (Northern Ireland Region) 6,000 Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation 30,300 Northern Ireland Widows Association 5,230 Gingerbread 45,660 Catholic Marriage Advisory Council 70,900 Church of Ireland Social and Family Welfare Society 1,120 Blind Centre for Northern Ireland 18,000 Motability 11,111 Multiple Sclerosis Action Group 13,340 Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Families Association 700 Physically Handicapped and Able-Bodied 13,000 Family Planning Association (NI Region) 3,500 Council on Alcohol Related Problems 23,924 Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme 14,700 Multiple Sclerosis Society (NI Branch) 3,150 Ambulance Services 3,150 Women's Health Fair 2,250 National Health Service Retirement Fellowship 557 PRAXIS 22,298 Home Insulation Schemes 56,437 Disabled Drivers' Association 1,050 National Schizophrenia Fellowship 16,065 National Council for Carers and the Elderly Dependants 500
£ National Rubella Campaign 700 Northern Ireland Hospice 50,000 Northlands Centre 17,000 Marie Curie Memorial Foundation 5,000 Industrial Therapy Organisation 25,000 Order of Malta Ambulance Corps 15,500 British Red Cross Society 1,289 Women's Information Group 2,000 CRUSE in Northern Ireland 11,250 Open Door Housing Resettlement Project 7,000 Presbyterian Church in Ireland 1,820 Northern Ireland Council for the Single Homeless 1,500 Workers Education Association 2,400 Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust 10,000 Northern Ireland Childminders Development Committee 4,193 Parents Advice Centre 2,913 Extern—West Belfast Auto Project 26,770 Northern Ireland Foster Care Association 4,163 Northern Ireland Pre-School Playgroup Association 66,954 Northern Ireland Intermediate Treatment Association 1,364 Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders 3,443 Down and Connor Catholic Family Welfare Society 53,225 National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 37,444 Dr. Barnardo's 53,926 Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society—Home Start Scheme 5,016 Community Service Volunteers—Give and Take Scheme 20,455 National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (Northern Ireland Group 1,833 National Playbus Association 671 Glendhu Children's Hostel, Belfast 3,827 Johnston Memorial Children's Home, Belfast 10,000 Manor House Children's Home, Lisburn 15,223 Marianville Mother and Baby Unit, Belfast 14 Nazareth House, Londonderry 2,619 Orans Children's Home, Newry 415 Glebe House Holiday Home, Kilclief 1,187 469W
£ Department of Education for Northern Ireland Arts Council for Northern Ireland 2,849,000 Linenhall Library 52,000 Northern Ireland Library and Information Services Council 628 Forum for Community Work Education 35,000 Protestant and Catholic Encounter 9,300 Corrymeela 69,989 Harmony Community Trust 18,000 Irish Council of Churches/Irish Commission for Justice and Peace—Peace Education Programme 14,248 Children's Community Relations Holiday Scheme 106,398 Churches' Central Committee for Community Work 17,982 Citizens' Advice Bureaux Headquarters 109,000 Voluntary Sports Organisations 1,407,567 Glencairn Community Association 181 Ulster Peoples College 7,524 Methodist College Inter-Schools Project 2,455 Sixth-formers Community Relations Project 127 Youth Clubs and Youth Organisations 1,486,479 Ulster American Folk Park 355,000 Workers' Educational Association 97,774 Educational Guidance Service for Adults 34,215 Retirement Association of Northern Ireland 4,000 Northern Ireland Council for Educational Research 163,802 Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research 3,000 British Association for the Advancement of Science 3,345 Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges 56,560 League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers 9,019 Council for Education in World Citizenship 915 Ulster College of Music 6,809 Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies 1,640
£ Christian Education Movement 468 Community of the Peace People 4,475 Irish Genealogical Association/Christian Heritage 475 Joint Ecumenical Talks Project 270 Community Relations Information Service 630 Federation for Ulster Local Studies 500 Community Relations in Schools—(East Belfast) Project 7,615 Federation of Women's Institutes (Northern Ireland) 1,000
£ Department of Environment for Northern Ireland Antrim Ringing Group 480 British Trust for Ornithology 2,500 Copeland Bird Observatory 1,000 Irish Brent Geese Expedition 1,000 National Trust Strangford Lough Wildlife Scheme 32,500 North Down Ringing Group 400 Northern Ireland Bird Records Committee 435 Northern Ireland Ornithologists Club 580 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 12,594 Strangford Lough Wildfowlers Association 500 Ulster Game and Wildfowl Society 250 Ulster Trust for Nature Conservation 1,050 National Trust 415,000 Conservation Volunteers (NI) 75,080 Northern Ireland Council for Social Services 3,505 HEARTH Housing Association 9,554 Road Safety Council (NI) 65,000 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 41,593 Environmental Improvement Scheme 2,737 St. Oliver Plunkett Environmental Committee 41,350 Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society "Better Belfast" Project 20,040 Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations 70,500 National Federation of Housing Association 200 Registered Housing Associations 41,413,371 Unregistered Housing Associations 66,725 Belfast Housing Aid Society 20,000 Tenants Participation Advisory Service 12,500 Community Technical Aid 10,000 Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Agricultural Society 48,248 Down Royal Corporation of Horse Breeders 55,866 Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster 46,000 Various Show Societies 1,695 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 125 Seed Potato Promotions Ltd 130,000 470W
£ Department of Economic Development The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions 80,000 Action for Community Employment (funded 860 projects in private and voluntary sector organisations) 9,724,000 Community Volunteering Scheme (funded 24 voluntary sector organisations) 523,000 Youth Community Projects (funded 27 projects in private and voluntary sector organisations) 877,539 Community Workshops 12,094,737 Younghelp 587,175 National Trust 171,657 Incorporated Cripples Institutes and Holiday Homes 46,942 Thomas Doran Training Centre 264,856 Glencraig Village Community 88,742 Mourne Grange Village Community 154,923 Clanobogan Village Community 8,000 Royal National Institute for the Blind 10,309 Irish Linen Guild 9,148 Automation Centre (Queen's University Belfast) 47,250 Wolfson Signal Processing Unit (Queen's University Belfast) 7,000
£ The Lambeg Industrial Research Association 96,439 Occupational Respiratory Surveillance Scheme 15,217 Occupational Health Survey 2,789 Northern Ireland Consumer Council 50,000 University of Ulster (CAD Engineer) R & D Purposes 25,279 The Scottish-Irish Trust of Ulster 99,042 The Railway Preservation Society 2,700 YMCA 4,466
§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will outline the steps which his Department takes to ensure that grant-aid given to voluntary bodies and organisations, whether directly or indirectly, is not used for political purposes.
§ Dr. BoysonAll expenditure on Government grant-aid to voluntary bodies and organisations in Northern Ireland is subject to careful scrutiny to ensure that it is used for the genuine purpose of improving social, environmental or economic conditions in areas of need. There are special circumstances in Northern Ireland requiring particular care in administering grant-aid, and where it is considered that payment of grant would not be in the public interest, no grant is paid.