HC Deb 20 February 1967 vol 741 cc221-3W
Mr. Milne

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of Government grants made to golf clubs since October, 1964; and for what purposes they were given.

Mr. Denis Howell

Payments totalling £124,793 have been made so far towards grants amounting to £160,237 offered to the clubs listed below to assist with the purchase and lay-out of land and provision of premises for essential changing, washing and storage facilities. The estimated total cost of these projects was £444,388.

Further grants amounting to £96,712 have been offered to 21 clubs towards projects costing £307,268 but no payments have yet been made. These include grants totalling £66,653 offered provisionally subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions by the clubs concerned.

No Government grant is provided for social facilities.

GRANTS PAYMENTS MADE TO GOLF CLUBS IN ENGLAND, WALES AND SCOTLAND SINCE OCTOBER, 1964
Club Grant Paid
£
ENGLAND
Cambridgeshire
Girton 3,775
Cornwall
Truro 2,080
Devon
Honiton 648
Durham
Chester-le-Street 2,697
Seaham Harbour 1,600
South Shields 4,386
Whitburn 1,681
Hampshire
Winchester 5,000
Hertfordshire
Boxmoor 812
Huntingdonshire
St. Neots 5,657
Lincs.
Louth 7,544
Sleaford 2,560
Norfolk
Diss 843
Northants
Market Harborough 1,505
Northumberland
Whitley Bay 685
Shropshire
Shifnal 10,000
Suffolk
Felixstowe 3,566
Stowmarket 1,755
Warwickshire
Rugby 1,075
Westmorland
Windermere 1,778
Yorkshire
Baildon 3,162
Clayton 3,463
South Bradford 2,422
Total £68,694
Club Grant Paid
£
WALES
Caernarvon
Pwllheli 7,308
Cardigan
Cardigan 937
Carmarthen
Llandeilo 2,527
Monmouth
Blackwood 5,215
Pembroke
Milford Haven 2,590
Tenby 8,815
Radnor
Llandrindod 55
Total £27,447
SCOTLAND
Aberdeenshire
Fraser Burgh 3,620
Huntly 1,638
Turriff 925
Argyllshire
Cowal 1,273
Ayrshire
Ardeer 4,622
Banff
Keith 3,100
Dunbartonshire
Bearsden 5,752
Inverness
Fort Augustus 24
Sconser 533
Lanarkshire
East Kilbride 991
Stirlingshire
Bonnybridge 1,554
West Lothian
Greenburn 3,620
Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire County 1,000
Total £28,652