§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table indicating the payments made by his Department to encourage activities for the under-fives in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe following table lists voluntary organisations which work exclusively with the under-fives and their parents, and the level of grant which the Department of Health and Social Services expects to provide to them in the 1983–84 financial year.
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£ Northern Ireland Pre-School Playgroups Association 40,470 National Childminding Association 2,050
£ Dr. Barnado's Paediatric Support Unit, Carraigfoyle, Belfast 25,690 In addition, the Department of Health and Social Services provides funding to the following voluntary organisations, part of whose services benefit the under-fives:
- Down and Connor Catholic Family Welfare Society
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society
- Parents Advice Centre
- Northern Ireland Foster Care Association
- Gingerbread
- Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation
- Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
- Church of Ireland Social arid Family Welfare Association
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- Joseph Rowntree Trust (Family Fund)
- St. Vincent de Paul Society
- Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association
- Northern Ireland Widows Association
- National Deaf Children's Society
- Ulster Institute for the Deaf
- Blind Centre for Northern Ireland.