HC Deb 21 May 1990 vol 173 cc60-1W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list(a) the grants made by his Department to voluntary organisations working in the field of homelessness in Wales, in each of the last three years and (b) grants he is giving for the 1990–91 financial year.

Mr. Grist

Since 1987–88, the Department has given grant aid to three voluntary organisations in Wales, in pursuit of the Government's policy of tackling homelessness on a strategic level. Supplementary allocations from other housing programmes have been given in each of the last three financial years to these three bodies and to a number of smaller local projects in need of financial assistance.

The figures for 1987–88 to 1990–91 are given in the following table, with the additional allocations identified separately:

Original allocation Supplementary grant
1987–88
Shelter 36,180 11,350
Welsh Women's Aid (WWA) 12,700 57,000
Swansea Accommodation for the Single Homeless (SASH) 4,120 29,000
Shortlife Housing Association 1,500
Cardiff Flatshop 1,500
Welcare Llandaff 1,500
Wallich Clifford Community 1,500
Cardiff Cyrenians 1,500
Cardiff Single Women's Housing Group 1,500
1988–89
Shelter 37,600 15,000
Welsh Women's Aid (WWA) 37,584 19,827
Swansea Accommodation for the Single Homeless (SASH) 15,808
Cardiff Flatshop 1,983
Cardiff Single Women's Housing Group 1,345
1989–90
Shelter 59,115 11,495
Welsh Women's Aid (WWA) 41,832 29,027
Swansea Accommodation for the Single Homeless (SASH) 35,591 2,515
Cardiff Flatshop 3,347
Cardiff Single Women's Housing Group 1,157
Shortlife Housing Association 680
Anastasia Housing Project
Ty Glyn Housing Society Ltd. 3,344
1990–91
Shelter 114,684
Welsh Women's Aid (WWA) 63,286
Swansea Accommodation for the Single Homeless (SASH) 71,150