§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence 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 that is made; and if he will give similar information for grant-aid by other statutory bodies for which his Department is responsible.
§ Mr. PattieThe Ministry of Defence provides financial assistance to a number of bodies by means of grants-in-aid, all of which have been approved by the Treasury. These are listed individually in the Defence Estimates—Vote 1, section K—but the following is the information requeated in respect of non-statutory bodies:
Amount of grant 1981–82 1982–83 £ £ Royal British Legion 160,000 160,000 Council of Voluntary Welfare Work 336,000 145,000 Naval and marine museums 40,000 46,000 National Army Museum 70,000 80,000 Royal Air Force Museum 60,000 70,000 Royal Aeronautical Society 1,000 1,000 Scott Polar Research Institute 20,000 20,000 Royal United Services Institute 24,000 35,000 Royal Hospital Chelsea — 2,842,000 In the case of the Royal hospital, Chelsea, the grant-in-aid arrangement came into effect only on 1 April 1982. Before then the financial support provided by the Ministry of Defence was funded from a number of Vote subheads.