HC Deb 20 April 1989 vol 151 c290W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it remains the policy of the Government that community centres should be encouraged, supported and if necessary funded to provide facilities otherwise unavailable to a range of community groups.

Mr. John Patten

The Home Office supports community centres through its funding of the National Federation of Community Organisations. The funding of individual centres is a local matter.