Marriage Guidance

HC Deb 27 November 1990 vol 181 c395W

Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what financial assistance he has made available to Scottish Marriage Guidance in each of the last five years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Funding under section 9 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (for training purposes) and under section l0(1)—for headquarters expenses—was offered to Marriage Counselling Scotland, formerly the Scottish Marriage Guidance Council as follows:

	Section 9	Section 10(1)
		Current	Capital	Total
1986–87	12,200	44,112	1,986	58,298
1987–88	13,500	45,437	2,000	60,937
1988–89	14,600	49,408	2,810	66,818
1989–90	17,700	75,000	2,500	95,200
1990–91	13,400	77,387	—	90,787