§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report 161W both the total grants and a breakdown of the grants given by his Department in support of the work of voluntary bodies.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettDepartmental grants to voluntary organisations, other than housing associations, for the financial year ending 31st March 1977 totalled £654,531. The breakdown is as follows:
Keep Britain Tidy Group Civic Trust: £198,000 (a) non-outstanding conservation areas £10,000 (b) Heritage Education Group £23,000 Ancient Monuments Society £4,000 Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings £4,000 Georgian Group £4,000 Victorian Society £4,000 Council for British Archaeology £1,000 Historic Houses Association £4,735 Royal Automobile Club/Auto Cycle Union £36,046 National Federation of Housing Associations £15,000 British Trust for Conservation Volunteers £22,000 National Trust Acorn Camps £6,000 Community Service Volunteers £6,000 Inter-Action Trust Ltd £15,000 Civic Trust for the North-West £13,000 Civic Trust for the North-East £7,500 Yorkshire and Humberside Council for the Environment £7,500 NCSS Environmental Liaison Officers £14,000 Civic Trust (Pilot Projects Scheme) £9,000 TCPA Planning Aid £3,750 Council for Urban Studies Centre £2,500 Council for Environmental Education £5,000 Tree Council £6,000 National Gypsy Council £5,500 Association for Neighbourhood Councils £6,000 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents £222,000 On 10th September 1976 the Department of Transport was formed and now has responsibility for the grants to the Royal Automobile Club/Auto-Cycle Union and to ROSPA.