§ Mr. Keith HillTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will list each voluntary group part or wholly funded by her Department in the last two years for which the information is available and the amount of money received by each group in that year period. [14145]
§ Mr. SproatThe total of grants made by the Department of National Heritage direct to voluntary organisations during 1994–95 was £18,056,840, and during 1995–96 was £18,034,500. This excludes grants to
658WNationwide League club in the 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 seasons together with the total number of (a) arrests, (b) ejections and (c) arrests plus ejections as a percentage of total attendance. [13152]
§ Mr. SproatThe table shows the total attendances for the Premier and football leagues and domestic cup competitions, the number of arrests, and arrests as a percentage of total attendance for the same period. The table shows that the number of arrests as a proportion of attendances has fallen by 20 per cent. from the 1993–94 season, which was the last season before clubs in the top two divisions went all-seater. A breakdown of arrests at club level could be done only at a disproportionate cost, and club attendance figures are not held centrally. Ejection figures are not available as most ejections are now undertaken by club stewards and it is not possible for the police to record this information.
non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the Department, where the grant is largely used to make grants to voluntary organisations; and grants made through the voluntary and community division, which joined the Department in May 1996. Details of each of the voluntary groups funded by the Department during 1994–95 and 1995–96 and the amount of money received have been placed in the Library of the House.