Citizens Advice Bureaux

HC Deb 12 February 1990 vol 167 c49W

Mr. O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what have been the Government's contributions to the citizens advice bureaux in each of the past five years.

Mr. Forth

My Department does not fund individual citizens advice bureaux. However, my Department funds the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (NACAB) which covers bureaux in England and Wales and Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS). Total grant-in-aid paid by my Department to NACAB and CAS during the last five years is as follows:

£ million
	1985–86	7.993
	1986–87	8.604
	1987–88	8.954
	1988–89	9.405
	11989–90	9.927
1 Estimated.