§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money was allocated in the 1989–90 financial year by his Department (1) specifically to support the implementation of the all-Wales strategy on mental illness and (2) for other work in connection with mental illnesss(a) to each local authority in Wales, (b) to voluntary organisations in each local authority area and (c) to voluntary organisations in Wales as a whole.
§ Mr. Grist[holding answer 26 June 1990]: No funding was allocated by the Department in 1989–90 under the mental illness strategy; 1990–91 is the first year of central Government funding under the strategy.
The following allocations were made by the Department to local authorities in 1989–90 under the urban programme for projects concerned primarily with mental illness:
£ Dyfed 14,092 Gwent 29,852 Newport 1,097 Cynon Valley 14,910 Merthyr Tydfil 11,797 Ogwr 22,189 Vale of Glamorgan 5,623 West Glamorgan 31,346 With the exception of the allocation made to West Glamorgan, all this funding was provided for voluntary sector schemes.
In addition, Wales MIND received a grant of £57,166 under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
The Department also made available earmarked funds totalling £1,072,547 to district health authorities which use them to make payments to local authorities and voluntary organisations under the powers in section 28A of the National Health Service Act 1977.