21.
Wednesday, March 29, 1972
"By and large, they take their own policy and financial decisions;
and public funds are made available only whore we believe assistance to
be desirable."
The Financial Secretary warned that a deficiency grant basis of
subvention might not be suitable for welfare agencies. This was partly
because it would involve a degree of control that the Social Welfare Department
was not at present staffed to exercise, partly because such controls would
be costly, and partly because the diversity of social welfare services in
the voluntary sector did not readily lend itself to controls.
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