§ Mr. McAvoyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the names and addresses of those organisations which have been given grants under section 16 of the Housing and Planning Act 1986, detailing the terms of reference of the grants and the geographic area each organisation is expected to cover.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information the hon. Member seeks is given in the table.
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Name and address of organisation Grant terms of reference (geographical coverage) Grant approved for 1987–88 Grant provisionally approved for 1988–89 £ £ Banks of The Wear CHS Ltd., 46 Falconar Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 1UY To provide (i) a service to tenants to help establish tenant groups, give appropriate training and assist liaison with landlords (ii) a service to landlords to bring about changes in local authority policy and practice (North East England) 42,100 51,300 CHS (North West) Ltd., 79A Oswald Road, Manchester M21 1QD To promote TMC's in liaison with two residents associations; to improve, along with NFHC, publicity and information on TMC's supplied to local authorities and potential TMC's (Greater Manchester) 12,700 33,100 Merseyside Improved Houses Special Projects Housing Association Limited, 46 Wavertree Road, Liverpool L7 1PH To promote and explain the role of TMC's and community based housing associations in tackling hard-to-let estates; to expand and develop the services provided by Merseyside Community Projects Advisory Service (Merseyside) 31,500 85,100 Institute of Housing Regional Training Unit, 9 White Lion Street. London N1 9XJ To establish a pilot Regional Training Unit in Leeds to provide housing training and co-ordination of training activity (Northern England) 37,700 120,800 Path (Local Authorities), 259A High Road, London N15 5BT To set up a scheme to train black people for housing management duties at middle and senior level in local authority housing departments (throughout England) 31,900 260,300 TPAS [Tenants' Participation Advisory Service] England, c/o 20 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH To promote tenant involvement in housing management on local authority and other housing estates and provide training, information, consultancy and advice to tenant groups (throughout England) 47,500 55,000 NACRO Crime Prevention Unit, Cranmer House, 39 Brixton Road, London SW9 6DZ To develop a training service as part of the National Advisory Service by appointing a training co-ordinator, and to develop the National Safe Neighbourhoods Programme (throughout England) 45,000 300,000 Note: TMC—Tenant Management Co-operative.
NFHC—National Federation of Housing Co-operatives.