§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the financial assistance he announ-ced on 15 March enabling five voluntary organisations in Bradford threatened with closure to continue has come from within existing allocations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierThe resources, which will enable eight voluntary organisations to continue, will come out of the £4.5 million urban programme allocation for 1989–90, also announced on 15 March.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make further financial assistance available to enable the 21 voluntary organisations in Bradford, which are faced with closure or severe cuts in their funding, to receive funding, in line with inflation for 1989–90.
§ Mr.TrippierNo. The urban programme is intended to provide initial finance for a project, which if continued can then be financed longer term from other sources such as the council's main programme, or the private sector. Against this background it is for Bradford to decide which projects it wishes to put forward for funding through the urban programme. The Government have already agreed, as an exceptional measure, to the continued funding next financial year of eight projects that have time expired. This utilises in full the resources available next year within the urban programme allocation for Bradford.