§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will detail the bodies concerned with access to the countryside which are currently in receipt of a grant from his Department; if he will state each grant being paid; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldegraveApart from the Department's grant-in-aid to the Countryside Commission, which gives financial support to certain bodies concerned with access to the countryside, some of the grants awarded by the Department under its special grant programme go to voluntary bodies with similar concerns. In the current year these are as follows:
Organisation Amount of Grant £
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers 100,000 Byways and Bridleways Trust 4,000 Conservation Trust 8,250 Council for National Parks 7,620 Inter-Action—Country Wings 20,810 Kennet and Avon Canal Trust 5,000 Open Spaces Society 4,500 Royal Society for Nature Conservation 41,135 Rural Preservation Association 11,536