To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money was allocated in the 1989–90 financial year by his Department (1) specifically to support the implementation of the all-Wales strategy on mental illness and (2) for other work in connection with mental illnesss (a) to each local authority in Wales, (b) to voluntary organisations in each local authority area and (c) to voluntary organisations in Wales as a whole.

[holding answer 26 June 1990]: No funding was allocated by the Department in 1989–90 under the mental illness strategy; 1990–91 is the first year of central Government funding under the strategy.The following allocations were made by the Department to local authorities in 1989–90 under the urban programme for projects concerned primarily with mental illness:

	£
Dyfed	14,092
Gwent	29,852
Newport	1,097
Cynon Valley	14,910
Merthyr Tydfil	11,797
Ogwr	22,189
Vale of Glamorgan	5,623
West Glamorgan	31,346

With the exception of the allocation made to West Glamorgan, all this funding was provided for voluntary sector schemes.In addition, Wales MIND received a grant of £57,166 under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.The Department also made available earmarked funds totalling £1,072,547 to district health authorities which use them to make payments to local authorities and voluntary organisations under the powers in section 28A of the National Health Service Act 1977.