HC Deb 24 November 1987 vol 123 cc184-6W
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what financial support is being given by his Department to the Family Planning Association and Brook advisory centres; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Newton

The grants to both organisations are being reviewed for the three years ending 31 March 1990. The Family Planning Association will receive £130,000 per annum from the Department towards its headquarters administrative expenditure and regional activities and financial support will also be provided by the health departments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The DHSS grant for the last three-year period was £115,000 per annum.

In the current financial year an additional grant of £7,960 is being given for a specific FPA initiative in running pilot training courses in five health authorities on the AIDS aspects of the work of family planning staff, and additional sums for AIDS related work will be considered if the FPA bring forward suitable proposals. Financial assistance for the training of FPA and Brook advisory centres staff on AIDS was provided in the last financial year.

For the period 1987–90 Brook will receive £45,000 per annum towards its headquarters administrative costs, including the education and information activities designed to encourage responsible attitude to personal relationships among young people under 25 and the co-ordination of the local Brook centres working directly with young people. The grant for the last three-year period was £35,000 pa. The conditions attaching to these organisations' grants, in relation to expenditure, activities and liaison with Government Departments, will continue to apply.