§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the names of all voluntary bodies to which his Department gave funds last year and in the current year; and how much went to each individual body in 1979 and in the current year.
§ Mr. AlisonTo list each individual organisation and the amount of grant each received would involve a disproportionate use of resources.
The total sum paid by way of grant to voluntary bodies in Northern Ireland by Departments for which my right hon. Friend is responsible in the financial year 1979–80 and the latest estimated figure for the current financial year is as follows:
1979–80 £15,436,690 1980–81 (Est.) £20,354,880 The organisations receiving grants fall into a number of categories as follows: voluntary youth and sports organisations; voluntary community, community health and community relations organisations; family and counselling services organisations, senior citizens' associations; preschool playgroup associations; children's homes; councils of social services; regional organisations of caring groups; safety organisations; environmental and amenity groups; housing organisations, disabled persons' organisations; voluntary employment organisations; organisations involved in the youth opportunities programme; training organisations; welfare organisations; agricultural organisations and the care and resettlement of offenders organisations.