§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total grant was to the Voluntary Services Unit in 1978 and 1979; and what organisations it supported and by how much.
§ Mr. RaisonI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to a question by the hon. Member for York (Mr. Lyon) on 2 July 1979 and to the reply by my right hon. Friend to a question from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythen-shawe (Mr. Morris) on 31 March 1980.—[Vol. 969, c. 387–8; Vol. 982, c. 31–2.]
In addition, the Voluntary Services Unit administers the grants-in-aid to the 415W Women's Royal Voluntary Service and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations—previously the National Council of Social Service. Grant-in-aid to WRVS was £2,639,000 in 1978–79 and £2,860,000 in 1979–80; and to NCVO £392,000 in 1978–79 and £528,000 in 1979–80.