HC Deb 22 May 1990 vol 173 c121W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the organisations to which he has given(a) an increase in grant and (b) a decrease in grant in 1990–91 compared with 1989–90 under the system of grants to voluntary organisations working in the field of homelessness together with the actual change and percentage change in each case; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Grist

Our Department has given substantial increases in grant to the three voluntary organisations which tackle homelessness on a strategic level. Not including any supplementary grants given in 1989–90, the figures are as follows:

1989–90 1990–91 Differences Per cent, increase
Shelter 59,115 114,684 +55,569 48
Welsh Womens Aid (WWA) 41,832 63,286 +21,454 34
Swansea
Accommodation for the single homeless (SASH) 35,591 71,150 +35,559 50

Further resources have been made available for this financial year specifically for new initiatives by voluntary bodies in helping to tackle homelessness on a strategic level.