§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what grants were made by his Department, and which were the recipient voluntary organisations, under each of the following pieces of legislation in 1983–84: the Children Act 1974, the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976, the Education Act 1944, the Energy Conservation Act 1981, the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968, the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953, the Housing Act 1977, the Local Government Grants Act 1969, Urban Aid, the National Health Services Act 1977, the Road Traffic Act 1972 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1972.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe following grants were paid by our Department to voluntary organisations in 1983–84 under the legislation listed.
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Voluntary Organisations (Grants) Organisation Grant Paid in 1983–84 £ The Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 Academi Gymreig 21,600 Bwrdd Ffilmiau Cymraeg 80,000 Clwyd Voluntary Services Council 45,009 Cwmni Theatr Cymru 25,000 Dyfed Rural Council 57,253 Glamorgan Community Services Council 16,716 Gwent Community Services Council 27,744 Gwynedd Rural Council 67,292 Gwynedd Social Care Project 24,000 Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin 190,000 Nant Gwrtheyrn Trust 15,000 National Federation of Women's Institutes 5,500 Papurau Bro (Area Newspapers) 18,000 Powys Community Support Scheme 16,830 Powys Rural Council 57,153 Prince of Wales Committee 10,000 Royal National Eisteddfod 180,200
Organisation Grant Paid in 1983–84 £ School Books Clubs (Welsh Books Clubs) 26,500 South Glamorgan Intervol 13,000 Urdd Gobaith Cymru 80,000 Wales Council for Voluntary Action 120,000 Welsh Books Council 318,000 Welsh National Centre for Children's Literature 13,000 West Glamorgan Community Services Council 25,000 Young Farmers Clubs 3,340 The Education Act 1944 Boys Brigade 2,570 Boys Clubs of Wales 25,352 Capital Grants to Voluntary Youth Services and Village Hall and Community Centres 308,000 Church in Wales Provincial Youth Council 7,205 Coleg Harlech 508,800 Council for Education in World Citizenship 1,575 Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services 62,736 Girl Guides 19,783 Girls Venture Corps 1,787 International Youth Year National Co-ordinating Committee for Wales 8,614 Monmouth School (Boys) 50,898 Presbyterian Church in Wales 2,994 St.John's Ambulance Brigade 5,666 TS Indefatigable 9,909 Trinity College 1,524,000 Urdd Gobaith Cymru 56,496 Welsh Association of Youth Clubs 41,085 Welsh Chess Union 4,250 Welsh National Council of YMCA's 22,396 Welsh Scout Council 10,734 Workers Educational Association: North Wales 104,462 Workers Educational Association: South Wales 152,278 Young Farmers' Clubs 15,133 Youth Hostels Association 2,519 In addition a large number of payments amounting to £1,220,978 were made to voluntary education bodies in 1983–84 under the provisions of the Education Acts of 1944 and 1980. To list payments to individual bodies and to distinguish between payments made under each Act would involve disproportionate costs.
Health Services and Public Health Act 1968
Age Concern Wales 34,467 ASH in Wales 1,700 British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering 15,075 British Red Cross 7,600 Community Service Volunteers 7,300 Crossroads 5,300 Employment Fellowship 4,800 Family Planning Association 4,455 MENCAP 35,474 MIND (Wales) 29,500 MIND (North Wales Development Officer) 8,000 Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin 105,000 National Council on Alcoholism 15,400 Opportunities for Volunteering Scheme 107,000 £ for £ Scheme for Mentally Handicapped Children 9,000 Pre-School Playgroups Association 97,694 St. John's Ambulance Brigade 4,000 Wales Council for the Blind 9,576 Wales Council for the Disabled 43,500
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*Average Housing Capital Expenditure Per Head 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Alyn and Deeside 20.2 21.4 21.9 33.6 27.7 50.5 Colwyn 25.0 25.9 44.7 42.5 28.0 35.7 Delyn 14.2 18.0 21.1 15.6 19.0 19.6 Glyndwr 24.1 41.7 42.3 43.8 39.0 44.3 Rhuddlan 11.8 12.0 16.2 11.1 14.3 19.9 Wrexham Maelor 37.0 19.8 23.9 28.3 23.0 31.5 Carmarthen 18.3 34.2 53.8 43.4 51.3 74.5 Ceredigion 28.5 34.6 35.1 46.0 36.0 49.6 Dinefwr 30.3 26.0 37.8 30.9 21.5 38.6
Organisation Grant Paid in 1983–84 £ Wales Council for the Deaf 13,500 Welsh Women's Aid 25,694 Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972 Records of grants made under the provisions of these Acts are not maintained in a way which enab:es the type of recipient to be readily identified. Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 National Cyrenians 1,000 Swansea Accommodation for Single Homeless 2,600 Welsh Housing Aid 14,830 Welsh Women's Aid 8,160 National Health Service Act 1977 Antur Waunfawr 13,000 Barnardos 111,564 British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering 28,000 Cardiff Universities Social Services 117,871 Cefn Sidan Project 500 DRIVE 72,500 MENCAP 25,000 MENCAP (Pengwem Hall) 20,000 National Children Homes 27,700 Pre-School Playgroups Association 4,725 Ty Nyth Hostel 5,000 Standing Conference of Voluntary Organisations 21,500 Road Traffic Act 1972 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 80,000 No grants were paid by my Department to voluntary organisations in 1983–84 under the following legislation for the reasons given. Children Act 1975 I assume that the hon. Gentleman intended to refer to the 1975 Children Act since there is no 1974 Act. The Children Act 1975 makes no provision for grants to voluntary organisations. Energy Conservation Act 1981 Grants under the provisions of this Act are made by the Department of Energy. Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act 1969/Urban Aid Our Department does not pay any grants direct to voluntary organisations under the provisions of this legislation. Urban programme grants are paid to local authorities who in a number of cases sponsor voluntary organisation schemes.