Departmental Grants

HC Deb 25 January 1983 vol 35 cc385-6W

Mr. Pawsey

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which non-official bodies his Department makes grants; and of how much.

Mr. Hayhoe

The Government have no official definition of a "non-official body". With the exception of the grant of £120,000 to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, all grants paid by my Department appear on the face of the Estimate for Economic and Financial Administration (HM Treasury): Class XIII, Vote 4, for which my Department accounts.

The grant-in-aid to the Royal Trustees has been reduced to £2,926,000 to take account of the reduction in the national insurance surcharge announced in the autumn statement.