§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied that his offer of an increase of some 160 per cent. in his Department's grant to the British Youth Council (Scotland) is in line with Government policy to cut public expenditure; if he will now withdraw his offer of this amount of grant; on what basis the increase of 160 per cent. was made; and what steps he takes to monitor how this grant is spent.
§ Mr. YoungerThe British Youth Council (Scotland) was designated as an approved organisation for receiving grant in October 1979, and the figures for 1979–80 therefore covered only a five-
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SCOTTISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT UNDER SECTION OF THE SOCIAL WORK (SCOTLAND) ACT 1968 1979–80 1980–81 to 30 June £ £ Scottish Council for Spastics … … … … … … 1,500 — Disablement Income Group … … … … … … 1,130 1,655 Braille Press … … … … … … … … 6,591 — Scottish National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind … 250 — Age Concern Scotland … … … … … … … 48,786 — St. Vincent's Centre for the Deaf … … … … … 10,854 619 Samaritans … … … … … … … … 4,800 — Area 5 Action Group … … … … … … … 9,023 — Scottish Association for Mental Health … … … … 8,500 — Garvald Training Centre … … … … … … 8,657 1,755 Barony Housing Association … … … … … … 12,244 2,208 Talbot Association … … … … … … … 6,996 19,534 Scottish Catholic Marriage Advisory Council … … … 1,860 — Scottish Marriage Guidance Council … … … … 19,575 6,748 Scottish Council for Single Parents … … … … … 16,046 — Gingerbread … … … … … … … … 9,444 2,000 Scottish Women's Aid Federation … … … … … 9,433 3,011 Community Service Volunteers … … … … … 24,142 — Voluntary Organisations Regional Advisory Group—Fife … 3,744 736 Voluntary Organisations Regional Advisory Group—Lothian … 9,502 — St. Euphrasia's … … … … … … … … 76,858 16,068 Glasgow Volunteer Bureau … … … … … … 13,039 — Scottish Council for Single Homeless … … … … 5,175 — Scottish Council of Social Service … … … … … 252,295 60,000 Scottish Pre-School Playgroups Association … … … 49,358 12,646 Scottish Association of Voluntary Child Care Organisations … 8,865 6,010 Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children … 63,693 27,762 International Year of the Child … … … … … 3,750 — Guild of Service … … … … … … … … 2,331 1,195 Iona Community … … … … … … … 8,624 — Adventure Sailing Trust … … … … … … 400 — Canongate Youth Project … … … … … … 38,137 8,856 Scottish Association of Boys Clubs … … … … … 44,541 9,808 month period. These comprised a recurrent grant of £4,875 and a non-recurrent grant of £598 towards the cost of items of office equipment.
The offer of a recurrent grant not exceeding £13,400 for the full financial year 1980–81 represents an increase on a full year's basis on the recurrent grant for 1979–80 of approximately 14.5 per cent.
My Department receives copies of the council's annual report and audited accounts and will obtain any further information it may require about the council's expenditure.