HC Deb 25 November 1985 vol 87 cc438-45W
David Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list in the Official Report those voluntary bodies and organisations assisted by his Department with grant aid in the last financial year for which figures are available and the size of the grant so given.

Mr. Younger

The information in respect of grants paid in 1984–85 is as follows:

Grants Under Section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and the Further Education (Scotland) Regulations 1959–79
Grant Paid 1984–85 £
National Voluntary Organisations
Abernethy Trust Centre (formerly Abernethy Outdoor Centre) 1,979
Boys' Brigade 26,364
Boys' Club of Scotland 23,000
British Red Cross Society 2,103
British Youth Council (Scotland) 18,504
Church of Scotland Youth Education Committee (formerly Church of Scotland Committee on Parish Education) 15,296
Community Service Volunteers 25,100
Co-operative Union 5,608
Crusaders Union 512
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme 12,670
Endeavour Training Scotland 11,563
Episcopal Church Youth Committee 1,660
Fair Play for Children 8,550
Girls' Brigade 6,500
Girl Guide Association 10,173
Iona Community 1,196
Loch Eil Outward Bound 14,297
Salvation Army 9,421
Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs 70,960
Scottish Association of Youth Clubs 81,700
Scottish Centre for Tuition of Disabled 17,868
Scottish Council of Community and Voluntary Organisations (formerly Scottish Council of Social Service) 1,709
Scottish Chess Association 8,500
Scottish Conservation Projects Trust (formerly Conservation Volunteers) 12,353
Scottish Girls Venture Corps 1,550
Scottish National Council of YMCA's 38,701
Scottish School Boys Clubs 4,676
Scottish Standing Conference of VYO's 20,719
Scottish Woman's Rural Institutes 28,795
Scottish Youth Hostels Association 4,496
Scripture Union 6,160
Scout Association 21,630
YWCA of Great Britain 34,324
YWCA of Scotland 719
Adult Education Organisations
Aberdeen University 17,276
Age Concern Scotland 16,377
Dundee University 11,517
Edinburgh University 21,422
Glasgow University 3,108
Scottish Adult Basic Education Unit 160,650
Scottish Institute of Adult Education 26,020
Scottish Trade Union Congress 38,955
Trade Union Congress 6,945
WEA North of Scotland 53,125
WEA South East of Scotland 38,028
WEA West of Scotland 62,683
Arts' Organisations
An Comunn Gaidhealach 69,300
Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association 8,400
Sabhal Mor Ostaig 11,750
Scottish Amateur Music Association 2,500
Scottish Community Drama Association 23,200
Scottish Youth Theatre 40,084
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland 21,155
Capital Grants

Grant Paid 1984–85 £
To Local Voluntary Youth and Community Organisations for the Provision of Community Halls 729,945

Grants under Appropriation Act
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Scottish Museums Council 333,500
Royal Society of Edinburgh 239,000
Royal Scottish Geographical Society 2,200
Unemployed Voluntary Action Fund 550,000

Grants under section 9 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Aberlour Child Care Trust 4,157
Age Concern (Scotland) 29,273
Albyn House Association 305
Ark Housing Association 55
Ayrshire Council on Alcoholism 286
Ayr Volunteer Exchange 101
Barony Housing Association 116
Barra and Vatersay Council of Social Service 167
Caledonian Certificate in Social Service Scheme 56,583
Church of Scotland 52,644
Cornerstone Society for the Mentally Handicapped 325
Crossroads Youth and Community Association 51,884
Dr. Barnardo's 36,617
Douglas Association 285
Dumbarton District Council on Alcoholism 334
Dumfries Action Centre 194
Edinburgh and District Council on Alcoholism 270
Edinburgh Council of Social Service 24,300
Edinburgh Family Service Unit 15,448
Edinburgh Volunteer Exchange 143
Edinburgh Walk-In Numeracy Centre 197
Epilepsy Association of Scotland 5,255
Family Care 30,083
Fern Tower—Notre Dame Adolescent Unit 164
Fife Council on Alcoholism 150
Forth Certificate in Social Service Scheme 45,046
Garvald Training Centre 382
Glasgow Council on Alcoholism 287
Inverness Council on Alcoholism 155
Islay Council of Social Service 108
Key Housing Association 309
Leonard Cheshire Home 66
Lochaber Voluntary Organisations Group 187
National Catholic Social Care 18,574
National Children's Home 3,592
Open University/Childminding Project 4,000
Orkney Council of Social Service 156
Quarrier's Homes 39,507
Red Cross Society (Scotland) 403
Renfrew District Council on Alcoholism 152
Robert Douglas Memorial Home 65
Rossie List 'D' Schools 104
Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 17,723
Salvation Army 16,965
Scottish Adoption Association 216
Scottish Association for Care and Resettlement of Offenders 180
Scottish Association for Mental Health 125
Scottish Child and Family Alliance 11,485
Scottish Council on Alcoholism 21,000
Scottish Council for Single Parents 15,164
Scottish Council for Community and Voluntary Organisations 15,810
Scottish Council for Spastics 875
Scottish Family Conciliation Service (Lothian) 248

Grant paid 1984–85 £
Scottish Institute of Human Relations 4,694
Scottish Marriage Guidance Council 10,327
Scottish Pre-school Play Groups Association (SCOPE) 11,336
Scottish Women's Aid 20,592
St. Euphrasia's Centre 274
St. Margaret of Scotland Adoption Society 104
Stirling District Council of Social Service 174
Sunnybrae Centre 172
Tayside Area Council on Alcoholism 185
The Talbot Association 908
Voluntary Association of Nairn Groups 217
Voluntary Service Aberdeen 36,834
Volunteer Centre, Glasgow 148
Wayside Club 149
West of Scotland Certificate in Social Service Scheme 45,519

List of grants paid under section 10(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 in 1984–85
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Aberdeen and North East Association for Mental Health 15,617
Aberlour Child Care Trust 5,352
Aberdeen Cyrenians 651
Age Concern Scotland 35,384
Albyn House Association Ltd. 109,026
Alzheimers Disease Society 265
Ark Housing Association 2,568
Barony Housing Association 3,729
Blantyre Volunteer Group Co-ordination Service 20,142
Bo'ness Small Grants Scheme 10,100
British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering 28,000
British Association for Service to the Elderly 450
British Red Cross Society (Scottish Branch) 3,436
Brittle Bone Society 4,500
Brook Advisory Centre 3,635
Burnfoot Project 11,612
Canongate Youth Project 11,578
Children's Hearing Forum 1,000
Church of Scotland 17,368
Community Service Volunteers (Headquarters) 15,590
Community Service Volunteers (Independent Living Scheme) 18,386
Cornerstone Society for the Mentally Handicapped 1,807
Crossroads (Scotland) 20,198
Cruse 6,535
Dean Orphanage Trust 2,229
Dr. Barnardo's 47,185
Dumfries Action Centre 200
Dundee Children's Trust (Mars Project) 56,760
Edinburgh Council for Single Homeless 9,598
Edinburgh Council for Social Service 7,262
Edinburgh and East of Scotland Society for the Deaf 16,877
Edinburgh University Settlement 4,995
Epilepsy Association of Scotland 4,500
Family Fund 506,665
Fife Befriending Scheme 2,850
Galashiels Youth Project 22,000
Gingerbread 24,801
Glasgow Volunteer Centre 5,807
Grampian Volunteer Scheme 1,000
Help Levenmouth (Aberhill Youth Project) 11,161
IT Resources Centre (Quarriers) 113,354
Iona Community 5,000
Key Housing Association 1,845
L'Arche 2,800
Leonard Cheshire Foundation 1,532
Levenmouth Small Grants Scheme 10,100
Local Councils of Social Service 274,297
Lochaber Handicapped Association 376
Lothian Allelon 11,203
Machars Action (East Wigtown) 24,358
Moray Firth Community Radio 7,322

Grant paid 1984–85 £
National Association of Victim Support Schemes 600
National Childminders Association 2,276
National Children's Home 2,904
National Cyrenians 377
National Foster Care Association 12,350
National Playbus Association 10,040
National Schizophrenia Fellowship 5,942
Parents Programme for Adult Skills 4,144
Perth Volunteer Befriending Scheme 12,146
Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied Clubs 10,070
Pilton Youth Programme 44,546
Play Matters 2,200
Primrosehill Centre for Parents & Children 2,328
Quarriers Homes 29,966
Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 71,717
Rural and Urban Training Scheme 467
Salvation Army 3,484
Samaritans 6,900
Scottish Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders 146,418
Scottish Association for Counselling 456
Scottish Association for the Deaf 17,684
Scottish Association for the Interpreters for the Deaf 2,604
Scottish Association for Mental Health 32,700
Scottish Catholic Marriage Advisory Council 6,544
Scottish Child and Family Alliance 31,397
Scottish Council for Community and Voluntary Organisations 320,205
Scottish Council on Disability 190,983
Scottish Council for Opportunity in Play Experience 83,457
Scottish Council for Single Homeless 7,537
Scottish Council for Single Parents 29,274
Scottish Council for Spastics 2,750
Scottish Family Conciliation Service 21,252
Scottish Marriage Guidance Council 40,580
Scottish Paraplegic (Spinal Injury) Association 5,400
Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped 6,546
Scottish Spina Bifida Association 14,400
Scottish Women's Aid 38,274
SEAL Association 2,986
SENSE (National Deaf Blind and Rubella Handicapped Association) 1,536
Six Circle Group 5,000
Slessor Youth Project 25,853
Special Equipment and Aids for Living (Sequal) 2,000
Strathkelvin Project 49,806
St. Aidans Project 1,451
St. Euphrasia's Centre 179,461
St. Vincent's Centre for the Deaf 10,162
Stop over Group-Edinburgh 1,844
Talbot Association 1,384
Thistle Foundation 1,542
Voluntary Service Aberdeen 30,071
Voluntary Service Aberdeen (Tulloch House) 2,556

Grants under the Educational Development, Research and Services (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1946
Grant Paid 1984–85 £
Centre for Information on Language Teaching 23,763
Royal Zoological Society 13,014
Saltire Society 200
Scottish Parent Teacher Council 10,000
National Association for Gifted Children 800
British Association for Early Childhood Education 200
Scottish Computer Education Group 3,500
Scottish Field Studies Association 4,500
National Bureau for Handicapped Students 500
National Association for Maternal and Child Welfare 500
Scottish Film Council 388,000
Council for Education in World Citizenship 6,289

Grants to List D Schools under Section 107 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937
Grant Paid 1984–85 £
Kibble 319,809
Rossie 728,362
Wellington 365,991
Geilsland 271,866
Loaningdale 242,581
Springboig 224,527
St. Andrews 91,829
Oakbank 265,643
Kenmure 799,308
St. Josephs 338,522
St. Philips 312,365
Ballikinrain 182,305
Dr. Guthrie's Boys 349,329
Dr. Guthrie's Girls 151,686
Langlands Park 153,864
Balgay 315,787
Balacraig 95,965
Snowdon 147,249

Grants under the Residential Special Schools and Orphanages (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1948
Grant Paid 1984–85 £
Corseford School 405,151
Stanmore School 460,650
Royal Blind School 530,551
Craigerne School 181,910
Thorntoun School 240,336
Harmeny School 161,055
Lendrick Muir School 302,724
Donaldson's School 286,710
East Park School 747,597
Struan House (Scottish Society for Austic Children) 11,625

Grants paid under section 16B of the National Health Service

(Scotland) Act 1978 (formerly section 64 of the Health Services and

Public Health Act 1968)

Grant paid 1984–85 £
Scottish Catholic Marriage Advisory Council 99
Scottish Council on Alcoholism 69,300
Family Planning Association 12,500
Community Service Volunteers 12,150
Chest, Heart and Stroke Association 2,750
Action on Smoking and Health 22,990
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Association 3,600
Scottish Council on Disability 18,266
British Association of Immediate Care Schemes (BASICS) 1,450
NSSPCC Overnewton Centre 20,122
Arthritis and Rheumatism Council 9,950
Scottish Association for Mental Health 8,500
Age Concern Scotland 6,273
Toy Libraries Association 2,000
SCOPE in Scotland 12,490
National Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital 2,254
Motability 37,579
Overseas Doctors' Association—Scottish Branch 365
Brook Advisory Centre 3,780
National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland) 1,554
Mastectomy Association 310
National Childbirth Trust 1,500
Scottish Epilepsy Association 4,775
National Association for the Childless 2,350
Special Equipment and Aids for Living 2,000
Scottish Paraplegic (spinal injury) association 3,600

Grant paid 1984–85 £
SHADA 24,230
Natural Family Planning Group 420
Miscellaneous 70,000
British Red Cross Society Scottish Branch 242
The Leith Group 20,086
Wester Hailes "Hotline" project 22,380

Grants under section 39 of the Road Traffic Act 1972
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 109,450
Schools Traffic Education Programme 15,481

Grants under section 5 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Scottish Council for Community and Voluntary Organisations 42,616
Institute of Housing 48,241
Age Concern 21,583
Shelter 26,038
Scottish Women's Aid 750

Grants under section 13 of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Scottish Council for Single Homeless 24,063
Scottish Women's Aid 3,883
Shelter 14,644

Grants under section 10 of the Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1972
Grant paid 1984–85 £
The New Lanark Conservation Trust 19,029

Grants under section 158(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations 2,000

Grants to 102 Housing Societies and Associations
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Under Part VII of the Housing (Scotland) Acts 1950 and 1966 21,275
Under Part VI of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 285,725
Under Part III of the Housing Act 1974 127,714,786
Under Section 93 of the Finance Act 1965 405,297

Other Grants
Grant paid 1984–85 £
Planning Exchange 50,000
Scottish Civic Trust 31,500
Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland 3,500
Saltire Society 2,500

Formation Grants to Fish Producers' Organisation (SI 498/1982)
Organisation Grant paid 1984–85 £
Fife Fish Producers' Organisation 1,139
North East of Scotland Fishermen's Organisation 742
Shetland Fish Producers 33,460