§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if any decisions have yet been made on the disbursement of money to charities following the error in the retail price index.
§ Mr. ScottThe balance remaining out of the saving attributable to the RPI error in the social security uprating is £7.5 million after allowing for the compensatory payments to individual beneficiaries. This sum will be paid to charities whose activities broadly benefit those groups affected by the error. The sum available to charities in England is £6.4 million. My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland and for Wales will be making separate announcements about their own arrangements.
I have received many offers of help with the disbursement of these funds and requests for a share of the available money. After careful consideration and consultation with representatives of voluntary organisations I have decided to allocate just over £4 million direct 423W to individual voluntary organisations for specific purposes. These organisations are listed at table A together with the amounts it is proposed they should receive.
In addition we will be discussing with three generalist organisations arrangements for the disbursement of a further £2 million of funding to local voluntary bodies. The three organisations concerned are listed at table B together with the amounts it is proposed they should receive. It is envisaged that these charities will be better placed to fund local organisations working within the particular fields of the groups of claimants who it has not been possible to compensate.
A further public statement will be made shortly about the arrangements for local voluntary organisations who are not listed at table A to apply for funding.
My right hon. Friend the Paymaster General has today made an announcement on the allocation of moneys to public service charities in respect of the RPI error.
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Table A Organisation Grant (£) Unemployed The Unemployment Unit Charitable Trust 10,000 The Rainer Foundation 58,000 Parent Support Groups Nippers-National Information for Parents of Prematures: Education, Resources and Support 10,000 Sands—Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society 10,000 Child Accident Prevention Trust 10,500 Parent's Lifeline 5,000 Disabled Motability 190,000 SENSE 500,000 RNID 200,000 Foundation for Conductive Education 30,000 Muscular Dystrophy Group 70,000 Ann Verney Training Services 70,000 Disabled Living Foundation 101,500 National Deaf-Blind Helpers' League 25,000 Partially Sighted Society 20,000 St. Elizabeth's (Epilepsy) 8,000 RADAR 40,000 Brittle Bone Society 8,000 Disability Alliance 5,000 Dial UK 5,000 ADA (Action for Dysphasic Adults) 10,000 Elmore Committee Project 186,000 MENCAP Homes Foundation 75,000 Dr. Barnardo's 55,000 Contact a Family 10,000 Home Farm Trust 30,000 Forest and Gardens Ltd. 10,000 Motor Neurone Disease Association 15,000 AFASIC 25,000 CRUSE 15,000 Elderly Age Concern 200,000 The National Osteoporosis Society 20,000 EXTEND 10,000 Age Exchange Theatre Trust 5,000 The Employment Fellowship 5,000 Help the Aged 55,000 University Settlement Bristol Community Association 20,000 Centre for Policy on Ageing 20,000 Single Parents Gingerbread 175,000 Home Start 180,000 Child Care 35,000
Organisation Grant (£) WRVS Trust 20,000 National Out of School Alliance 130,000 National Council for One Parent Families 250,000 Drugs and Solvent Turning Point 150,000 Alcohol Alcohol Concern 100,000 Medical and Research Organisations National Cancer Charities 100,000 Cancer Relief MacMillan Fund 150,000 Association for Emergency Medical Technicians 10,000 Brain Damage Research Trust 20,000 Battered Women Women's Aid Federation 75,000 Homeless West End Co-Ordinated Voluntary Services for Single Homeless People 150,000 Community Service Community Service Volunteers 200,000 St. John Ambulance 10,000 Family Organisations Family Welfare Association 25,000 Family Holiday Association 25,000 Ethnic Minorities Health Information Trust 50,000 King's Fund Centre 50,000
Table B Grant (£) Delegated Funding NCVO 400,000 Charities Aid Foundation 775,000 ITV Telethon Trust 1,000,000