HC Deb 20 December 1982 vol 34 cc413-4W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for Transport 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. David Howell

The non-statutory bodies to which my Department has made grants for 1981–82 and 1982–83 are as follows:

1981–82 1982–83*
£'000 £'000
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents 382 420
RAC/Auto Cycle Union motorcyle training scheme 94 43
British Motorcycle Safety Foundation 100
Motor Insurers Bureau 37 37
Community Transport 20
Chartered Institute of Transport 5
* Estimate.

The first three grants are made under the Road Traffic Act 1972, the last three under the Ministry of Transport Act 1919. Grants payable to qualified applicants in respect of new buses, bus fuel duty, road infrastructure for industrial sites and freight facilities have been excluded.

The only statutory bodies for which my Department is responsible are the nationalised transport industries. Whether they make grants to non-statutory bodies is a matter for the industries themselves.