§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science 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. Mark CarlisleMy Department provided grants in 1978–79 to the following 33 voluntary organisations:
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£ Adult Literacy Unit 330,000 Advisory Council on Adult and Continuing Education 75,000 Boarding Schools Association Clearing House 1,300 British Association for Early Childhood Education 500 British Theatre Association 7,950 Centre for Information and Advice on Educational Disadvantage 219,860 Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research 173,000 Council for Educational Technology for the United Kingdom 552,250
Council for Education in World Citizenship 22,340 Council for the Accreditation of Correspondence Colleges 5,000 Drama Board 12,000 Educational Centres Association 7,950 Educational Foundation for Visual Aids 7,150 Fund for International Student Cooperation 50,000 International Baccalaureate Office 5,000 Invalid Childrens Aid Association 2,550 National Association for Gifted Children 5,000 National Association for Multiracial Education 3,500 National Association of Womens Clubs 21,650 National Bureau for Handicapped Students 10,000 National Council of YMCAs 6,400 National Federation of Womens Institutes 9,600 National Foundation for Educational Research 10,000 National Institute of Adult Education 54,150 National School Sailing Association 4,500 National Union of Townswomens Guilds 10,380 One World Trust 7,750 Pre-School Playgroups Association 24,000 Redeployment Bureau for Teachers in Further Education 8,000 Social Morality Council 10,000 Teacher Induction Information Centre 7,020 Technician Education Council 554,000 Workers' Educational Association (Headquarters) 36,000 In addition, my Department makes grants and loans to a great number of other bodies which are commonly or specifically labelled " voluntary " and these are categorised below with the volume of grants/loans approved for each of these categories in my Department's Supply Estimates for 1978–79. If the hon. Member requires more detailed information on any of these categories I will be pleased to write to him.
£ million Capital grants and loans to voluntary aided and special agreement schools 29.724 Grants to adult education " responsible bodies " 4.112 Current and capital grants and loans to voluntary colleges of education 42.361 Current grants to national voluntary youth organisations 1.075 Capital grants to voluntary youth service, village hall and community centre projects 3.695