§ Mr. Morganasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) why, in view of his earlier financial support for the South Wales anti-poverty action centre, he has now no plans for funding it further;
(2) why his voluntary services unit has made substantial annual increases in its grants to the South Wales anti-poverty action centre since the Government took office.
§ Mr. RaisonThe South Wales anti-poverty action centre was funded jointly by the Voluntary Services Unit and the European Community as one of a number of pilot projects. The programme formally ended on 30 November 1980 but although the VSU does not normally continue funding beyond the completion of the experimental work, a limited extension to 31 March 1981 was arranged to provide more time for alternative sources of funding to be found if the organisation was to continue beyond that date.
Annual increases in the grant to SWAPAC mainly reflected the movement in pay and prices and enabled the originally agreed level of experimental work to be maintained.