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Under-Fives Provision

Volume 165: debated on Tuesday 23 January 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional moneys he has allocated to voluntary organisations for the small grants scheme for under-fives in this financial year.

I am pleased to announce that the Department has just increased the amount allocated to voluntary organisations for the small grants scheme for under-fives and their families by £101,000. The additional allocations are as shown in the table:

OrganisationAdditional allocation
£
Pre-School Play Groups Association50,000
National Council for Voluntary Child Care Organisation (Child Care)10,000
National Childminding Association10,000

Organisation

Additional allocation

£

National Toy Libraries Association (Play Matters)11,000
National Playbus Association10,000
Home Start Consultancy10,000

This brings the total allocation to £425,000 in 1989–90.