§ Mr. Mulleyasked the Secretary of State for Trade what proposals he has to increase his grants to citizens advice bureaux (a) in general and (b) in Sheffield, in view of the increasing demand for their services in existing circumstances of rising unemployment and the need for help and information to obtain social benefits and related problems; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimOur grant to the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux was doubled last year. I am currently considering an application for a further increase. The funding of individual bureaux, in Sheffield and elsewhere, is primarily a matter for the local authorities concerned.
§ Mr. Terry Davisasked the Secretary of State for Trade what conditions have been attached to the grant to the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux for 1981–82; and whether any of these conditions were not attached to the grant to this body for 1980–81.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimA copy of the existing grant-in-aid conditions, which have applied since 1978, has been placed in the Library of the House. Revised conditions are under discussion with the NACAB, but have not yet been adopted.