§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the sums of money given to the Royal Scottish50W Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in each of the past 10 years; for what purposes these sums were provided; what percentage of the RSSPCC's annual general income they represented; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythSince 1979 we have provided grants to the society under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and the National Health (Scotland) Act 1968 and the National Health (Scotland) Act 1978 in support of its headquarters and regional activities, personal training and special projects such as the child sexual abuse project at Overnewton. The amounts and the percentage these represent of the Society's income are as follows:
Amount of grant (£ thousand) Percentage of income 1979–80 80 15.8 1980–81 93 14.8 1981–82 100 18.0 1982–83 126 21.6 1983–84 133 22.0 1984–85 106 10.5 1985–86 111 11.0 1986–87 107 11.3 1987–88 108 10.3 1988–89 137 7.9
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what sums of money have been given to the Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for the purposes of training RSSPCC personnel in each of the past 10 years; how much money is to be provided in each of the next three years for this purpose; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe table lists payments made to the RSSPCC for training purposes between the years 1982–83 and 1987–88. Between 1979–80 and 1981–82 no specific training grant was awarded. From 1985–86 payments were made on a reducing scale in keeping with the pump priming purpose of the grant. No training grant has been given since 1987–88 and no new applications have been received.
Training grant to RSSPCC (£) Year Amount 1979–80 — 1980–81 — 1981–82 — 1982–83 17,000 1983–84 13,367 1984–85 17,723 1985–86 18,278 1986–87 211,963 1987–88 39,367 1 From September. 2 Reduced rate 75 per cent. 3 Reduced rate 50 per cent.