§ Mr. VazTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what amount of central Government funding has been given to law centres for each of the last 20 years; and if he will give the figures in real terms.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe information is as follows:
Year Grant £'000 At 1992–93 prices 1974–75 50 254 1975–76 100 405 1976–77 150 535 1977–78 225 706 1978–79 273 773 1979–80 381 923 1980–81 445 911 1981–82 535 1,000 1982–83 583 1,017 1983–84 618 1,030 1984–85 649 1,031 1985–86 675 1,016 1986–87 695 1,013 1987–88 712 984 1988–89 730 941 1989–90 768 929 1990–91 822 919 1991–92 841 877 This Department made no grants to law centres before 1974–75. The figures from then to date are set out in the table. At various times during the past 20 years some law centres have received central Government funding from sources other than the Lord Chancellor's Department. These figures do not include income from the Legal Aid Fund.