HC Deb 24 October 1985 vol 84 c211W
53. Mr. Kirkwood

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase funds available to voluntary service units following the abolition of the Greater London council and the metropolitan county councils.

Mr. Waddington

There are no plans to provide Home Office funding in direct substitution for any grants currently made by the Greater London council or the metropolitan counties. Voluntary bodies in receipt of such grants will be eligible for funding by the authorities which will remain. The Department of the Environment has agreed to pay grants under the Local Government Grants (Social Needs) Act 1969 for a transitional four-year period after abolition on £20 millon worth of expenditure by borough or district councils on local projects previously supported by the GLC or a metropolitan county.