§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what grants are available from central Government funds to local authorities to help the rebuilding, modernisation or similar improvement of village halls, community centres, and so forth in rural areas, and to the management committees or trustees of such institutions.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasWithin the limit of the resources available, my Department makes grants to village hall and community centre committees equal to twice the grants offered by local authorities, subject to a limit of 50 per cent. of the total cost of each project or £25,000, whichever is the less. My Department does not make specific grants to local authorities for this purpose.
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Negotiating Group Estimated number of workers affected Hosiery Manufacture NJIC … … … … 81,000 National Health Service— (a) Administrative and Clerical … … … … 68,000 (b) Ancillary Workers … … … … 230,000 (c) Medical Laboratory Technicians … … … … 11,500 (d) Professional and Technical Staff "B" Group … … … … 24,700 Paper Making and Paper Board … … … … 71 000 Post Office—Non-Engineering Grades above Clerical Officer … … … … 31,000 Retail Multiple Grocery (E & W) … … … … 100,000 Retail Pharmacy NJIC … … … … 55,000 Road Haulage (GB) (WC) … … … … 300,000 Sawmilling (E & W) … … … … 27,000 Scottish Banks … … … … 15,000 Teachers (E & W) … … … … 384,000
§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if she will publish a table showing how her allocation of funds for the improvement and so on of village halls and community centres compares with funds made available over the past five years to the latest convenient date for the same purposes;
(2) if she will publish the sum of money made available for the improvement of village halls, community centres and the like in the administrative county of Hampshire over the past five years.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasGrants offered by my Department over the last five years are as follows:
Year England and Wales Hampshire £ £ 1968–69 421,000 18,000 1969–70 536,000 25,000 1970–71 798,000 21,500 1971–72 911,000 25,000 1972–73 (to 15th November, 1972) 1,172,000 33,600