HC Deb 11 November 1971 vol 825 cc226-8W
Mr. John Fraser

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish details of the projects submitted to him in 1971 under the Urban Aid Programme for approval and to take effect in the London Borough of Lam- beth, indicating which projects he has approved and at what cost.

Mr. Sharples

Projects submitted for grant approval under the Urban Programme by the Lambeth Borough Council in 1971 were as follows:

Capital projects Cost £
Adventure playground, Larkhall Park 5,500
Adventure playground, Elam Street 5,000
11,500
Non-capital projects Annual expenditure for up to 5 years
£
Expansion of family planning services 8,400*
Grant to Railton Road Community Centre for full-time social worker 2,750
Grant to Oval House for "Playmobile" 1,400
Grant to Lady Margaret Hall Settlement for full-time community worker and additional family advice sessions 1,500*
Aid to voluntary playgroups 2,000
Additional family caseworkers 20,000
Grants to Lady Margaret Hall Settlement and Springfield Methodist Church 2,000
Care of the incontinent 2,000
Expansion of chiropody service 2,000
Expansion of home bathing service 5,130
Grant to Cumberlow Lodge for drug survey 1,000
Full-time occupational therapist for handicapped persons 1,300*
Improvements in services for certain housebound disabled 3,790
Grant to National Association of Voluntary Hostels 450*
Geriatric clinics 2,300
Social Workers for V.D. contact tracing 2,080
Expansion of maternity and child health services 2,000*
Expansion of home nursing service 2,000
Temporary play facilities in Central Brixton 1,600
Summer holiday project at Hill Mead Primary School 600
Community workers in special areas in Brixton 4,000
Grant to Community Advice Centre at Milkwood Road 500
Community Law Centre 20,000
Boys' Hostel, Trinity Rise 3,200
92,000

Submissions had been invited, and approvals were given, for non-capital projects only. The projects approved, costing a total of £ 13,650. are marked with an asterisk