§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all non-statutory bodies to which his Department has made grants for 1981–82 showing the name of the organisation, the amount of grant and the powers under which the grant is made; and if he will give similar information for grant-aid by other statutory bodies for which his Department is responsible.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe Supply Estimates for 1982–83 make provision for grants by my Department to bodies, other than United Kingdom public sector bodies, in certain subheads in Votes Class VII, 1 (Housing, England), Class VIII, 1 (Local Environment Services etc. England). Class VIII, 2 (Central Environmental Services etc), Class VIII, 4 (Royal Palaces, Royal Parks, Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and the National Heritage) and Class VIII, 5 (Central Administration and Environmental Research, Department of the Environment). The Estimates also indicate provision made in 1981–82. The grants are made either under specific statutory authority or on the authority of the Appropriation Act, but it would require disproportionate effort and expense to list all recipients of grant-aid from statutory bodies for which my Department is responsible.