HC Deb 15 April 1986 vol 95 c336W
Mr. Lawler

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those submissions from Bradford metropolitan district council for receipt of transitional grant following abolition of West Yorkshire county council which were approved.

Mrs. Rumbold

The submissions from Bradford metropolitan district council which have been approved for transitional grant, and the amounts approved, are as follows:

Proposed local authority grant 1986–87
£
1. Data 29,660
2. Project Comtran 26,500
3. Bradford Resource Centre 12,000
4. Suffa-tul-Islam 11,100
5. Bradford Rape Crisis 9,600
6. Bradford and West Yorkshire Methodist Housing Ltd. 8,557
7. Asian Tuition Association 8,360
8. The Bridge Project 8,000
9. Dial Sheltered Workshops 7,200
10. Bangladesh Porishad 7,000
11. Bradford Voluntary Action Group 6,772
12. Bradford Asian Girls Association 6,000
13. Bradford City Farm 6,000
14. Gingerbread Centre 6,000
15. Karmand Community Centre 6,000
16. Bangladeshi Youth Organisation 5,100
17. Polish Saturday School 4,750
18. Oriental Arts 4,000
19. Keighley Asian Women 3,200
20. Girlington Centre 3,000
21. West Bowling Advice Centre 1,220
22. Irish Music Association 1,150
23. Bradford Cyclists Action Group 1,040
24. Blackshaw Beck Youth Centre 1,000
25. Black Dyke Mills Band 1,000
26. Saltaire Village Society 1,000
27. Multicultural Festival Committee 600
28. Vishwa Hindu Parishad 500
Total 186,309
29. Bradford Cab (Debt Counselling Unit) *32,966
* From April 1987.

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to be in a position to give an estimate of (a) the redundancies and (b) the overall costs of savings arising from the abolition of the Greater London council.

Mr. Tracey

Estimates of initial redundancies will be available shortly. Overall savings will depend on decisions by successors, and any early assessment would be affected by transitional costs. We have no reason to change our estimate that the abolition of the GLC would make possible savings of around £50 million annually from rationalisation alone.