§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will outline the source or sources of funds made available to voluntary organisations in the conservation field in relation to his Department's special grants programme; and if he will list the extent of each of the contributions.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his answer, 1 April 1985, c. 432–3]: Funds for the special grants programme are drawn from DOE Vote VIII 2 subhead C9. The following grants were awarded under the programme in 1984–85 to voluntary organisations concerned with conservation: 762W
£ British Trust for Conservation Volunteers 100,000 Byways and Bridleways Trust 4,000 Cathedral Camps 10,000 Conservation Foundation 25,000 Conservation Trust 8,250 Council for Environmental Conservation 32,600 Council for National Parks 7,620 Ecological Parks Trust 14,200 International Waterfowl Research Bureau 2,000 Kennet and Avon Canal Trust 5,000 Open Spaces Society 4,500 Pennine Heritage 23,000 Royal Society for Nature Conservation 41,135 Rural Preservation Association 11,536 Tree Council 13,000 Wildfowl Trust 2,600 Wildlife Link 8,000 World Wildlife Fund UK: Youth Education Work 18,000