Family Income Supplement (Hansard, 5 December 1979)

§ Mr. Field

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the proportion of the unemployed who are receiving family income supplement and (b) for how long,

					DHSS contribution (none is wholly funded by the Department)
					1979–80	1980–81
					£	£
Campaign for Homeless and Rootless	…	…	…	…	20,000	^*
Coventry day centre	…	…	…	…	20,000	20,000
Cyrenians	…	…	…	…	40,000	^*
Homeless Action and Accommodation †	…	…	…	…	3,000	—
NACRO (LANCE Manchester Project)	…	…	…	…	28,890	19,935
National Association of voluntary Hostels	…	…	…	…	2,500	^*
Peter Bedford Project	…	…	…	…	8,750	^*
Shilhay Community—Exeter ‡	…	…	…	…	3,000	—
		Total		126,140
^* To be negotiated
† Short term pump priming grant
‡ Capital grant, for 1979–80 only

For 1979–80 the Supplementary Benefits Commission is making grants under schedule 5 to the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 to the following voluntary organisations providing services similar to those provided in reception centres for people without a settled way of living.

	£
Aberdeen Cyrenians	3,500
Birmingham Committee for night shelter	5,500
Birmingham, St. Anne's	3,000
Birmingham, St. Basils (Boot night shelter)	6,000
Cambridge Cyrenians	1,000
Cardiff Cyrenians	3,000
Coventry Cyrenians	4,000
Edinburgh People's Palace	5,000

268W

on average, the unemployed continue to receive family income supplement.