§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Prime Minister if she will list the total amounts given by Government Departments in grants to voluntary organisations during the last financial year.
§ The Prime MinisterThe information is as follows:
£ Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 90,000 Defence 2,361,000 Education and Science 11,175,000 Employment *26,380,000 Energy 134,000 Environment—(Direct Grants) 975,666 —(Urban Programme) 37,500,000 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Including Overseas Development) 9,030,548 Health and Social Security 15,462,000 Home Office 15,800,136 Industry 660,000 Lord Chancellor's Department 583,000 Northern Ireland Departments 9,480,597 Scottish Office—(Direct Grants) †6,499,630 —(Urban Programme) †4,897,000 Trade 5,600,322 Transport 440,000 Welsh Office—(Direct Grants) 3,280,396 —(Urban Programme) 861,613 Total 151,211,808 Footnotes: * Does not include MSC payments to voluntary bodies for work under the following programmes: Youth Opportunities Programme 86,700,000 Community Enterprise Programme 50,650,000 Community Programme 480,000 Voluntary Projects Programme 980,000 Total 138,810,000 † Estimate only.