§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many grants for project aid to voluntary bodies in Scotland, England and Wales, respectively, in 1976–77 have been made by the Voluntary Services Unit; and what was the expenditure in each case;
(2) what grants have been made by the Voluntary Services Unit in 1976–77 in Scotland, England and Wales; and if he 499W will express these figures in percentage terms.
§ Mr. JohnIn 1976–77 the Voluntary Services Unit made the following 68 grants to voluntary organisations in Scotland, England and Wales:
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GRANT APPLICATIONS AGREED BY THE VOLUNTARY SERVICES UNIT Organisation 1976–77 £ Young Volunteer Force Foundation 323,205 Volunteer Centre 182,000 Pre-Retirement Association 11,000 National Youth Bureau—Voluntary Opportunities Digest 2,355 Cruse Clubs Limited 23,000 Westminster Pastoral Foundation 26,000 Child Poverty Action Group 10,000 Young Volunteer Resource Unit 25,500 Check Rights Centre 3,200 Outset 13,170 Community Service Volunteers 185,000 NACRO 47,000 The Cresset 30,000 Welsh Council of Social Services 2,255 Romany Guild 2,187 British Council for Aid to Refugees 85,500 Fair Play for Children Campaign 26,000 SHAC 37,750 Albany Trust 13,500 National Playing Fields Association 42,750 Action Resource Centre 10,000 Release 29,250 Gingerbread 20,025 National Elfrida Rathbone Society 10,250 Contact 8,500 British Association of Settlements 15,500 BAS Adult Literacy Organiser 9,370 Wandsworth Council for Community Relations 4,000 Community Transport 22,300 Brixton Neighbourhood Community Association 22,250 Melting Pot Foundation 12,500 After Six Housing Advisory Trust 12,000 Handicapped Adventure Playground Association 7,000 Family First Trust 5,000 Girls Alone in London Service 10,000 West End Co-ordinated Voluntary Services 42,290 National Association of Widows 4,300 National Council of Social Service/Metropolitan Counties Scheme 33,400 National Association of Community Relations Councils 8,000 Central Council for the Disabled 9,000 British Council of Churches 10,800 National Association of Indian Youth 14,000 Runnymede Trust 14,000 Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Service 6,600 National Association of Youth Clubs 35,000 Family Day Centre Projects: Consultancy Service 7,500 1. London Council of Social Service 25,880
2. Gingerbread (Croydon) 9,000 3. Aide a Toute Detresse 20,000 4. Defoe Day Centre Project 20,000 5. Cambridge House and Talbot 15,427 6. Camden Family Service Unit 8,584 7. Liverpool Personal Service Society 5,800 Onward Industries 38,500 Advisory Committee for the Education of Romany and Other Travellers 5,500 Newham Community Renewal Programme 21,000 Merseyside Council of Voluntary Service 6,600 Lambeth Community Trust 50,000 Scoutreach 5,250 Task Force 22,055 Board of Social Responsibility 4,000 London Council of Social Service—Community/Work Service 29,575 Returned Volunteer Action 6,250 Swindon Viewpoint 3,750 North Kensington Amenity Trust 58,500 AVEC 2,250 Gulbenkian Foundation (Strathclyde Area Resource Centre) 15,450 South Wales Anti-Poverty Action Committee 32,991 Total 1,880,569 At least 16 of these grants were to organisations whose work extends to Scotland, but only the last two listed—3 per cent.—were made for specifically Scottish or Welsh projects. This is because grants to voluntary bodies in Scotland and Wales are normally the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales respectively.