HC Deb 16 July 1979 vol 970 cc377-8W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the names of voluntary organisations to which grants or loans are made by his Department, together with the amounts for the latest period if such information is available.

Mr. Heseltine

Departmental grants awarded to voluntary organisations, other than housing associations, for the financiel year ending 31 March 1979 are listed below. It is not the Department's normal practice to make loans to voluntary bodies.

£
After Six Housing Advisory Service 23,000
Ancient Monuments Society 4,000
Association of London Housing Estates 4,850
Association for Neighbourhood Councils 9,000
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers 24,200
Civic Trust:
Project development 11,480
Administration 10,000
Heritage Education 23,000
Civic Trust for the North East 6,362
Community ServiceVolunteers 4,474
Council for British Archaeology 21,500
Council for Environmental Education 12,000
Council for Urban Studies Centres 2,500
East Anglian Gypsy Council 500
Georgian Group 4,000
Gingerbread 3,750
Historic Houses Association:
Advisory Officer 2,250
Education 2,500
Inter-Action Trust Ltd.—City Farm Advisory Service 22,000
Keep Britain Tidy Group 275,000
Mutual Aid Centre Ltd. 5,775
National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders 5,500
National Association of Youth Clubs 6,000
National Council of Social Service Inner City Advisory Officer 11,550
National Federation of Housing Associations 15,000
National Gypsy Council 6,300
National Trust Acorn Camps 6,800
Romany Guild 1,750
SHAC (The London Housing Aid Centre) 71,250
Shelter National Housing Aid Trust 14,250
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 4,000
Town and Country Planning Association Planning Aid Service 3,750
Tree Council 8,750
Victorian Society 4,000
Yorkshire and Humberside Council for the Environment 5,000
Youth Environmental Action 425
Total 636,466