HC Deb 06 November 1979 vol 973 c163W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if it is his policy to maintain his Department's financial help for voluntary organisations in real terms in each of the next two years.

Dr. Vaughan

It is my right hon. Friend's general aim to maintain in real terms the Department's planned total level of expenditure on grants to voluntary organisations, and the expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 7746) published on 1 November 1979 gives effect to this for 1980–81, but he cannot anticipate the outcome of public expenditure decisions for later years.