Taylor asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what amount of public funds from (a) Department of Health and Social Services and (b) the area health boards have been made available each year for the past 10 years to (i) the Northern Ireland Council on Alcohol Ltd., (ii) the Council on Alcohol Related Problems and (iii) the Northland Centre in Londonderry.
The information requested is as follows:
| Year | Northern Ireland Council on Alcohol | Council on Alcohol Related Problems | Northlands |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| (a) Funding from the Department of Health and Social Services | |||
| 1986–87 | 66,426 | 22,868 | 87,200 |
Year
| Northern Ireland Council on Alcohol
| Council on Alcohol Related Problems
| Northlands
|
£
| £
| £
| |
| 1985–86 | 57,950·30 | 22,202 | 22,500 |
| 1984–85 | 55,599 | 23,924 | 17,000 |
| 1983–84 | 139,461 | 18,887 | — |
| 1982–83 | 47,168·50 | 26,933 | 664·50 |
| 1981–82 | 43,346 | 15,224 | — |
| 1980–81 | 36,350 | 11,940 | — |
| 1979–80 | 23,530 | 4,000 | — |
| 1978–79 | 15,000 | 3,000 | — |
| 1977–78 | — | — | — |
(b) Funding from Health and Social Services Board
| |||
| 1986–87 | 19,428 | — | 45,000 |
| 1985–86 | 6,197 | — | 37,000 |
| 1984–85 | 8,000 | — | 37,000 |
| 1983–84 | 4,500 | 508 | 36,000 |
| 1982–83 | — | — | 34,000 |
| 1981–82 | — | — | 34,000 |
| 1980–81 | — | — | 30,000 |
| 1979–80 | — | — | 30,000 |
| 1978–79 | — | — | 20,000 |
| 1977–78 | — | — | 15,000 |