Relate

HC Deb 19 May 1993 vol 225 cc196-7W

Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the annual grant to Relate in each year since 1979 expressed in(a) cash terms and (b) 1993 values.

Mr. Jack

The Home Office grant in aid to Relate for each year from 1980–81 is set out below in cash terms and real terms using 1993–94 as the base year.

	Cash terms £	Real terms £
1980–81	555,000	1,152,887
1981–82	704,000	1,333,611
1982–83	750,000	1,326,275
1983–84	788,000	1,331,839
1984–85	827,460	1,331,010

	Cash terms £	Real terms £
1985–86	864,570	1,318,717
1986–87	890,500	1,315,933
1987–88	912,870	1,278,715
1988–89	935,910	1,222,010
1989–90	958,890	1,174,790
1990–91	1,006,840	1,142,092
1991–92	1,107,500	1,177,782
1992–93	1,511,400	1,552,960
1993–94	1,530,500	1,530,500

In real terms there has been an increase of 32.75 per cent. in the grant over the period in question.