§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Attorney-General what public funds, apart from local authority grants, were paid to law centres in the latest year for which figures are available; which law centres were in receipt of such funds; and for what purposes.
The Attorney-GeneralIn 1977–78, the latest year for which complete figures are available, the following grants were made to law centres in England and Wales out of central government funds for the provision of legal services:
(i)Lord Chancellor's Department—
£ Adamsdown Community and Advice Centre, Cardiff 32,310 Cambridge House Legal Advice Centre 11,055 Newham Rights Centre 47,030 North Kensington Law Centre 59,555 Saltley Action Centre, Birmingham 16,950 Tower Hamlets Law Centre 57,600 Holloway Law Centre 500 (ii)Department of the Environment under the urban programme—
£ Brent Community Law Centre 35,856 Coventry Legal and Income Rights Service 26,239 Manchester Law Centre 47,921 Vauxhall Law Centre, Liverpool 15,684 Garratt Lane Law Centre 66,701 North Lewisham Law Centre 9,135 Benwell Community Law Project, Newcastle 32,240 Handsworth Law Centre, Birming ham 41,605 Small Heath Law Centre, Birming ham 36,339 Southwark Law Project 39,900 Harringay Law Centre 56,500
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Attorney-General how many law centres there are to date in England and Wales; and how this compares with 1 January.
The Attorney-GeneralThere are al present 31 Law centres in England and Wales. Since 1 January this year a law centre in the London borough of Hillingdon has closed, while another in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has opened.