HC Deb 01 December 1992 vol 215 c129W
Mr. Richards

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of applications for community care grants in(a) Clwyd and (b) Wales are successful.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Under the flexible community care grant scheme introduced two years ago, the Welsh Office, in partnership with local authorities, gives grant aid to local projects aimed at developing more flexible forms of community care for elderly people and for people with physical and/or sensory disabilities. Numbers of applications and approved grants are set out in the following table.

1991–92 1992–93
Clwyd
Applications 6 12
Approved 6 8
Wales
Applications 54 73
Approved 47 46