§
Mr. Meacher
asked the Attorney-General if he will list the law centres currently operating in England and Wales, indicating in each case the year they
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started operations, the number of clients they dealt with in the last full year, the size of their budget, and the size of the current Government subsidy; and if he will give comparable data concerning law centres which have closed down.
| FUNDED BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT 1978–79 |
| Law Centre |
Year started |
Approximate number of clients per annum |
Expenditure |
Government subsidy |
|
|
|
£ |
£ |
| Adamsdown Community and Advice Centre (Cardiff). |
1973 |
8,400 |
47,927 |
41,720 |
| Cambridge House and Talbot Legal Advice Centre (Southwark). |
1975* |
2,400 |
31,883 |
15,260 |
| Harehills and Chapeltown Law Centre (Leeds)… |
1978 |
1,500 |
11,449 |
—† |
|
|
|
(six months only) |
|
| Newham Rights Centre |
1973 |
2,500 |
65,243 |
55,730 |
| North Kensington Law Centre |
1970 |
9,000 |
115,640 |
82,760 |
| Saltley Action Centre (Birmingham) |
1977 |
4,500 |
53,013 |
39,930 |
| Tower Hamlets Law Centre |
1976 |
4,500 |
97,224 |
63,360 |
| FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE URBAN PROGRAMME 1977–78 |
| Law Centre |
Year started |
Government subsidy |
|
|
£ |
| Benwell Community Law Project (Newcastle) |
1975 |
32,240 |
| Brent Community Law Centre |
1973 |
35,856 |
| Coventry Legal and Income Rights Centre |
1975 |
26,239 |
| Garratt Lane Law Centre (Wandsworth) |
1977 |
66,701 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham Law Centre |
1979 |
— |
| Handsworth Law Centre (Birmingham) |
1976 |
41,605 |
| Manchester Law Centre |
1976 |
47,921 |
| North Lewisham Law Centre |
1978 |
9,135 |
|
|
(part year only) |
| Plumstead Law Centre |
1978 |
— |
| Small Heath Law Centre (Birmingham) |
1977 |
36,339 |
| Southwark Law Project |
1976 |
39,900 |
| Tottenham Neighbourhood Law Project |
1976 |
56,500 |
| Vauxhall Law Centre (Liverpool) |
1973 |
15,684 |
| CENTRES FUNDED BY OTHER SOURCES |
| Law Centre |
Year started |
| Balham Neighbourhood Law Centre |
1974 |
| Battersea Law Centre |
1978 |
| Bristol Resource Centre |
1977‡ |
| Camden Law Centre |
1973 |
| Hackney Law Centre |
1976 |
| Lambeth Law Centre |
1974 |
| North Islington Law Centre |
1973 |
| North Wales Employment Resource and Advice Centre |
1979 |
| Paddington Law Centre |
1973 |
| South Wales Anti Poverty Action Centre (Merthyr Tydfil) |
1976 |
| West Hampstead Law Centre |
1975 |
| CENTRES WHICH HAVE CLOSED DOWN |
| Law Centre |
Year started |
| Hillingdon Law Centre (closed 1979) |
1975 |
| * In 1975 the Lord Chancellor's Department made its first grant to Cambridge House. It had been operating as a legal advice centre for many years previously. |
| † The first grant to Harehills and Chapeltown Law Centre was made in July 1979. |
| ‡ In 1978–79 this centre received a grant of £3,800 from the Lord Chancellor's Department |
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