HC Deb 12 February 1986 vol 91 cc466-70W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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.

Dr. Boyson

The information for the financial year ended 31 March 1985 is:

£
Northern Ireland Office
Belfast Law Centre 70,200
Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders 210,094
Extern 303,122
Northern Ireland Intermediate Treatment Association 1,365
Save the Children Fund 152,697
Presbyterian Church (Thompson House) 49,778
Ulster Quaker Service 9,304
Dismas House 18,701
Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society 12,001
Citizens Advice Bureau 825
Belfast Rape Crisis Centre 250
Department of Finance and Personnel
Refreshment Clubs 380,659
Northern Ireland Civil Service Sports Association 27,500
Northern Ireland Civil Service Retirement Fellowship 4,100
Army Benevolent Fund 15,000
Police Benevolent Fund 49,000
Ulster Defence Regiment Benevolent Fund 20,000
Public Service Training Council 178,673
Northern Ireland Economic Development Office 240,000
Incorporated Council of Law Reporting 3,000
Civil Service Benevolent Fund 13,000
£
Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Council of Social Services 276,000
Community Service Volunteers 5,381
St. Vincent de Paul Society 52,026
Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society 3,500
Cara-Friend 5,147
Retirement Association of Northern Ireland 7,235
International Voluntary Service 14,438
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 27,268
Northern Ireland Council for Orthopaedic Development 16,800
National Deaf Children's Society 2,420
Ulster Institute for the Deaf 6,300
Age Concern 71,873
Abbeyfield Society 2,400
Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults 7,560
Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health 81,432
Northern Ireland Marriage Guidance Council 31,981
Northern Ireland Council on Alcohol 55,599
British Epilepsy Association (Northern Ireland Region) 6,000
Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation 30,300
Northern Ireland Widows Association 5,230
Gingerbread 45,660
Catholic Marriage Advisory Council 70,900
Church of Ireland Social and Family Welfare Society 1,120
Blind Centre for Northern Ireland 18,000
Motability 11,111
Multiple Sclerosis Action Group 13,340
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen Families Association 700
Physically Handicapped and Able-Bodied 13,000
Family Planning Association (NI Region) 3,500
Council on Alcohol Related Problems 23,924
Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme 14,700
Multiple Sclerosis Society (NI Branch) 3,150
Ambulance Services 3,150
Women's Health Fair 2,250
National Health Service Retirement Fellowship 557
PRAXIS 22,298
Home Insulation Schemes 56,437
Disabled Drivers' Association 1,050
National Schizophrenia Fellowship 16,065
National Council for Carers and the Elderly Dependants 500
£
National Rubella Campaign 700
Northern Ireland Hospice 50,000
Northlands Centre 17,000
Marie Curie Memorial Foundation 5,000
Industrial Therapy Organisation 25,000
Order of Malta Ambulance Corps 15,500
British Red Cross Society 1,289
Women's Information Group 2,000
CRUSE in Northern Ireland 11,250
Open Door Housing Resettlement Project 7,000
Presbyterian Church in Ireland 1,820
Northern Ireland Council for the Single Homeless 1,500
Workers Education Association 2,400
Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust 10,000
Northern Ireland Childminders Development Committee 4,193
Parents Advice Centre 2,913
Extern—West Belfast Auto Project 26,770
Northern Ireland Foster Care Association 4,163
Northern Ireland Pre-School Playgroup Association 66,954
Northern Ireland Intermediate Treatment Association 1,364
Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders 3,443
Down and Connor Catholic Family Welfare Society 53,225
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 37,444
Dr. Barnardo's 53,926
Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society—Home Start Scheme 5,016
Community Service Volunteers—Give and Take Scheme 20,455
National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (Northern Ireland Group 1,833
National Playbus Association 671
Glendhu Children's Hostel, Belfast 3,827
Johnston Memorial Children's Home, Belfast 10,000
Manor House Children's Home, Lisburn 15,223
Marianville Mother and Baby Unit, Belfast 14
Nazareth House, Londonderry 2,619
Orans Children's Home, Newry 415
Glebe House Holiday Home, Kilclief 1,187
£
Department of Education for Northern Ireland
Arts Council for Northern Ireland 2,849,000
Linenhall Library 52,000
Northern Ireland Library and Information Services Council 628
Forum for Community Work Education 35,000
Protestant and Catholic Encounter 9,300
Corrymeela 69,989
Harmony Community Trust 18,000
Irish Council of Churches/Irish Commission for Justice and Peace—Peace Education Programme 14,248
Children's Community Relations Holiday Scheme 106,398
Churches' Central Committee for Community Work 17,982
Citizens' Advice Bureaux Headquarters 109,000
Voluntary Sports Organisations 1,407,567
Glencairn Community Association 181
Ulster Peoples College 7,524
Methodist College Inter-Schools Project 2,455
Sixth-formers Community Relations Project 127
Youth Clubs and Youth Organisations 1,486,479
Ulster American Folk Park 355,000
Workers' Educational Association 97,774
Educational Guidance Service for Adults 34,215
Retirement Association of Northern Ireland 4,000
Northern Ireland Council for Educational Research 163,802
Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research 3,000
British Association for the Advancement of Science 3,345
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges 56,560
League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers 9,019
Council for Education in World Citizenship 915
Ulster College of Music 6,809
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies 1,640
£
Christian Education Movement 468
Community of the Peace People 4,475
Irish Genealogical Association/Christian Heritage 475
Joint Ecumenical Talks Project 270
Community Relations Information Service 630
Federation for Ulster Local Studies 500
Community Relations in Schools—(East Belfast) Project 7,615
Federation of Women's Institutes (Northern Ireland) 1,000
£
Department of Environment for Northern Ireland
Antrim Ringing Group 480
British Trust for Ornithology 2,500
Copeland Bird Observatory 1,000
Irish Brent Geese Expedition 1,000
National Trust Strangford Lough Wildlife Scheme 32,500
North Down Ringing Group 400
Northern Ireland Bird Records Committee 435
Northern Ireland Ornithologists Club 580
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 12,594
Strangford Lough Wildfowlers Association 500
Ulster Game and Wildfowl Society 250
Ulster Trust for Nature Conservation 1,050
National Trust 415,000
Conservation Volunteers (NI) 75,080
Northern Ireland Council for Social Services 3,505
HEARTH Housing Association 9,554
Road Safety Council (NI) 65,000
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 41,593
Environmental Improvement Scheme 2,737
St. Oliver Plunkett Environmental Committee 41,350
Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society "Better Belfast" Project 20,040
Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations 70,500
National Federation of Housing Association 200
Registered Housing Associations 41,413,371
Unregistered Housing Associations 66,725
Belfast Housing Aid Society 20,000
Tenants Participation Advisory Service 12,500
Community Technical Aid 10,000
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland
Royal Ulster Agricultural Society 48,248
Down Royal Corporation of Horse Breeders 55,866
Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster 46,000
Various Show Societies 1,695
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 125
Seed Potato Promotions Ltd 130,000
£
Department of Economic Development
The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions 80,000
Action for Community Employment (funded 860 projects in private and voluntary sector organisations) 9,724,000
Community Volunteering Scheme (funded 24 voluntary sector organisations) 523,000
Youth Community Projects (funded 27 projects in private and voluntary sector organisations) 877,539
Community Workshops 12,094,737
Younghelp 587,175
National Trust 171,657
Incorporated Cripples Institutes and Holiday Homes 46,942
Thomas Doran Training Centre 264,856
Glencraig Village Community 88,742
Mourne Grange Village Community 154,923
Clanobogan Village Community 8,000
Royal National Institute for the Blind 10,309
Irish Linen Guild 9,148
Automation Centre (Queen's University Belfast) 47,250
Wolfson Signal Processing Unit (Queen's University Belfast) 7,000
£
The Lambeg Industrial Research Association 96,439
Occupational Respiratory Surveillance Scheme 15,217
Occupational Health Survey 2,789
Northern Ireland Consumer Council 50,000
University of Ulster (CAD Engineer) R & D Purposes 25,279
The Scottish-Irish Trust of Ulster 99,042
The Railway Preservation Society 2,700
YMCA 4,466

Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will outline the steps which his Department takes to ensure that grant-aid given to voluntary bodies and organisations, whether directly or indirectly, is not used for political purposes.

Dr. Boyson

All expenditure on Government grant-aid to voluntary bodies and organisations in Northern Ireland is subject to careful scrutiny to ensure that it is used for the genuine purpose of improving social, environmental or economic conditions in areas of need. There are special circumstances in Northern Ireland requiring particular care in administering grant-aid, and where it is considered that payment of grant would not be in the public interest, no grant is paid.