Release (Departmental Assistance)

21.

Mr. McCrindle
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what  financial assistance his Department gives to the organisation Release.

Mr. Roy Jenkins
A grant of £10,000 has been paid in the year 1974–75 to the Princedale Trust, which supports the welfare and advisory services of the Release organisation. Sums of the order of £20,000 per annum have been provisionally agreed for 1975–76 and 1976–77, provided the organisation retains its charitable status and fulfils the conditions of the grant.