§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list all non-statutory bodies to which his Department has made grants for 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 give similar information for grant-aid by other statutory bodies for which his Department is responsible.
§ Mr. ButcherThe information is as follows
319W(i)Grants made to non-statutory bodies by the Department of Industry.
Organisation amount of grant powers under which grant made 1981–82 1982–83 £'000 (spend) £'000 (provision) Anglo German Foundation 125 125 Appropriation Act North of England Development Council 230 250 Appropriation Act North West Industrial Development Association 129 230 Appropriation Act Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association 55 60 Appropriation Act Devon and Cornwall Development Bureau 55 60 Appropriation Act Engineering Council 250 1,000 Industry Act 1981 Industrial Common Ownership Movement 88 — Industrial Commmon Ownership Act 1976 Industrial Common Ownership Fund Scottish Co-operation Development Committee Design council 3,647 3,727 Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947 Institute of Patentees and Inventors 6 8 Appropriation Act Fellowship of Engineering 16 — Appropriation Act National Electronics Council 20 10 Science and Technology Act 1965 British Clothing Centre 82 85 Science and Technoloy Act 1965 National Maritime Institute Ltd. — 2,700 Science and Technology In addition, my Department provides support to companies, educational instutions and other non-statutory bodies under the Industry Act 1972 and Science and Technology Act 1965, but a list could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
(ii) Grants by stautory bodies for which the Department of Industry is responsible. The Department of Industry is responsible for the National Enterprise Board and the National Research Development Corporation, which now operate together as the British Technology Group, and for the English Industrial Estates Corporation and Co-operative Development Agency. None of these organisations provide grants.