§ Mr. Cyril D. Townsendasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report a list of all non-statutory bodies to which his Department has made grants for the years 1981–82 and 1982–83, showing the name of the organisation, the amount of grant and the powers under which the grant is made; and if he will also give similar information for grant-aid by other statutory bodies for which his Department is responsible, including those relating to overseas development.
§ Mr. HurdThe following payments in respect of grants to non-statutory bodies were made in the financial years 1981–82 and 1982–83. Where final figures for 1982–83 are not yet know, Estimate provisions have been given.
In all cases the authority for grants by the diplomatic wing of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office rests on the annual Appropriation Act. The authority for Overseas Development Administration expenditure is section 1 of the Overseas Development and Co-operation Act 1980.
There are no statutory bodies for which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is responsible which make similar grants to non-statutory organisations.
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Diplomatic wing 1981–82 1982–83 £ £ 1. British Broadcasting Corporation 61,798,000 69,916,000 2. British Council 34,116,921 38,360,000
1981–82 1982–83 £ £ 3. Indo British Exchange Conference — 1,800 4. Franco British Parliamentary Relations Committee 130 1,994 5. European Schools Day International 1,100 1,100 United Kingdom 7,064 4,400 6. Royal Commonwealth Society — 3,800 7. Joint Commonwealth Societies Council 1,250 1,400 8. Commonwealth Institute—London 1,862,000 2,030,000 9. Commonwealth Institute—Scotland 109,520 114,000 10. Great Britain/East Europe Centre 94,355 92,600 11. Great Britain/USSR Association 85,232 89,000 12. Great Britain/China Centre 57,000 51,000 13. Franco British Council (British Section) Ltd 46,900 71,600 14. British Atlantic Committee 33,185 61,500 15. British Youth Council 35,112 41,800 16. United Nations Association 23,000 24,000 17. British Yugoslav Society 9,000 9,800 18. Commonwealth Foundation 330,000 330,000 19. North Atlantic Assembly 116,408 126,602 20. International Committtee of the Red Cross 135,000 225,000 21. International Commission of Jurists 8,000 8,000 22. South African War Graves Board 3,100 3,100 23. College of Europe: Bruges 2,500 2,500 24. United Kingdom Immigrants Advisory Service 10,959 12,000 25. Trilateral Commission 1,000 1,000 26. Ockenden Venture 5,000 6,500 27. Afghanistan Support Committee — 15,000 28. European Movement (British Council) Ltd 30,000 30,000 29. Federal Trust for Education and Research 8,000 —
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Oda Wing Note: i. Only British organisations have been included in the list. 1981–82 1982–83 £ £ Subhead D3 Centre for World Development Education 149,000 150,000 Scottish Ed. and Action for Development 8,125 8,000 Third World First 2,030 — Third World Information Centre, Leamington Spa 1,608 — Leicester Polytechnic 6,497 — Ujamaa Centre 2,872 — Archway DEC 469 — Groby College, Leicester 236 — Sheffield World Poverty Action Group 2,257 — Iona Community, Glasgow 8,753 3,051 Scottish Churches Action for World Development 2,875 — Schools Council 1,900 — United Kingdom/UNICEF 9,106 2,687 Birmingham International Council 14,995 — Jordanhill College 1,497 —
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1981–82 1982–83 £ £ Sheffield Association of Youth Clubs 6,982 — Council for Education in World Citizenship 667 — Ruskin College, Oxford (TUEREG) 396 — Dorset Institute of Higher Education 132 — United Nations Association (NW) 45 — Northants County Council 92 — National Association of Development Education Centres 1,000 — Subhead D4 Voluntary Service Overseas 2,711,000 3,347,000 Catholic Institute for International Relations 256,000 322,000 United Nations Assn International Service 149,000 182,000 International Voluntary Service 227,000 277,000 British Volunteer Programme Secretariat 14,000 15,000 World University Service 2,228,038 1,507,000 Association of Commonwealth Universities 22,747 17,000 Subhead D5 British Council 29,376,939 29,218,000 Subhead D6 Institute of Development Studies 1,160,292 1,093,000 Subhead D9 Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases 120,000 120,000 Commonwealth Forestry Institute 100,000 — City and Guilds of London Institute 60,000 65,000 Queen Elizabeth House 190,963 202,514 Christians Abroad 1,540 12,840 British Executive Service Overseas 234,000 260,000 Oxfam 1,200,000 1,200,000 Christian Aid 300,000 333,000 Save the Children Fund 1,026 — Catholic Fund for Overseas Development 90,000 100,000 Plunkett Foundation 5,625 6,000 British Institute of International and Comparative Law 10,000 — British Red Cross Society 15,000 20,000 Subhead D10 African Medical and Research Foundation 125,000 250,000 Appropriate Technology 698,495 780,000 Building Research Establishment (Overseas Unit) 191,266 200,000 Building and Social Housing Foundation 32,944 — Centre for Population Studies (Overseas Section) 118,947 125,000 Centre for Training and Technical Co-operation in Food and Nutrition Planning 29,455 44,947 Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine 542,136 578,000 Co-operative Liaison Education and Research Unit 40,000 — Co-operative Union Ltd. 12,722 —
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1981–82 1982–83 £ £ David Owen Centre for Population Growth Studies 25,280 9,480 Development Planning Unit: University College London 72,198 20,000 Energy Technology Division Harwell (UKAEA) 77,632 104,000 Evaluation and Planning Centre for Health Care 179,878 — Farnham Castle 158,158 173,000 Hydraulics Research Station (Overseas Unit) 599,000 911,600 UK Trade Agency for Developing Countries 242,136 188,000 Indian Institute of Technology—Imperial College Link 4,888 — Institute of Geological Sciences (Overseas Division) 1,030,461 1,085,000 Institute of Hydrology 190,000 195,000 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine—Department of Child Health 156,670 — National Institute of Agricultural Engineering 210,867 246,000 Overseas Development Institute 297,960 358,000 Overseas Spraying Machinery Centre 25,332 27,000 Reading University Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Centre 90,818 95,000 Reading University Chair of Agricultural Development Overseas 57,171 24,530 Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind 27,020 12,820 Transport and Road Research Laboratory (Overseas Unit) 1,062,460 1,918,000 Tsetse Research Laboratory 166,709 174,165 University of London: Institute of Child Health 51,776 46,840 University of London: Child to Child Programme for UN Year of the Child—1979 44,731 — University of London/University of Dacca. Institute of Educational Research Link 11,971 — University of Newcastle on Tyne: Department of Child Health 32,000 32,240 Voluntary Agencies Development Projects Overseas Save the Children Fund 275,000 310,000 Girl Guide Association 1,611 — Population Services 119,000 96,336 Friends of Peru 7,100 7,100 Green Deserts 6,573 — British Nepal Medical Trust 44,074 — Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind 46,200 25,000 Seventh Day Adventists 13,200 — Africa Inland Mission 10,751 — Leprosy Mission 32,342 — Amazon Trust 50,000 48,000 Action Aid 28,621 79,074 Associated Country Mission of the World 3,114 — National Childrens Home 7,538 — Anstey Draksharan 920 — Tear Fund 20,774 16,573 Selly Oak Colleges 2,000 — British Red Cross 38,731 — Friends of Jairos Jiri 4,1047 — Leonard Cheshire International 50,000 —
1981–82 1982–83 £ £ War on Want 19,210 — Salvation Army 34,152 — Quaker Peace and Service 11,418 — Oxfam 33,950 — Feed the Minds 10,000 — Bolt Trust 50,000 — Christian Aid 10,000 — Zimbabwe Trust 6,875 — Dona — 8,000 Rurcon — 7,000 Help the Aged — 7,051 Voluntary Agency Projects on Behalf of Refugees (Humanitarian Relief) YMCA 13,939 10,905 Christian Outreach — 10,000 British Red Cross — 4,902 Save the Children Fund 68,950 86,750 Ockenden Venture 4,500 9,500 World University Service 1,000 — VSO — 4,000 Accord — 290,000 Action Aid — 125,000 Spicma (Special Projects in Christian Missionary Areas) — 50,000 Women's Corona Society 20,805 30,000 National Council for Remote Sensing 30,000 — University of Bristol: Tsetse Research 21,483 26,000 University of Bangor Link with University of Faisalabad. Salt Tolerance in Wheat 48,732 12,000 Trade Union Conference 73,021 — Young Men's Christian Association 13,754 — Technical Co-operation: Medical Lectureships 454,985 505,000 Overseas Sundry Services UK National Committee for UNESCO 11,500 12,000 Standing Conference on Refugees 10,000 — Ranfurly Library Service 10,000 10,000 Returned Volunteer Action 8,500 2,835 Journal of Administration Overseas 1,800 1,200 International Union of Local Authorities 3,000 3,000 Rothamsted Experimental Station: Tropical Virology Work 15,957 — International Bee Research Association 12,435 6,771 Society for International Development 100 100 Royal Institute of Public Administration — 1,000