§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of urban aid grant has been paid to local authorities for the purpose of funding citizens advice bureaux in each of the past five years; and what was the total number of bureaux concerned in each year.
§ Sir George YoungUrban programme assistance for projects relating to citizens advice bureaux in the partnerships and programme authorities in the past three years is as follows. Information for previous years is not readily available.
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Number of projects 28 28 28 £'000 (approx) 430 490 540 Percentage of total expenditure 0.3 0.3 0.3 For the traditional urban programme, information about ongoing projects is not readily available, but new and reapproved projects relating to bureaux were as follows:
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Number of projects 1 12 12 £'000 (approx) 25 205 150 Percentage of expenditure on new and reapproved projects 0.3 1.2 0.6 Grant is paid to local authorities at the rate of 75 per cent. of these figures.