§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Prime Minister if she will list the total amounts paid:in grants by Government Departments to voluntary bodies during the financial year 1984–85; and if she will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterThe information requested is shown in the table. The total amount of grant paid in 1984–85 represents a cash increase of 23 per cent. (in real terms just over 17 per cent.) on the total paid in the previous year. In the period between 1979–80 and 1984–85 the level of Government grant giving and payments to voluntary bodies has risen by 140 per cent. (or, in real terms, by 57.8 per cent.).
Grants paid to voluntary bodies by Government Departments 1984–85 £ Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 103,100 Defence 3,285,480 Education and Science 16,582,930 Employment 29,180,000 Energy 344,000 Environment Direct Grants 2,178,070 Urban Programme* 54 000,000 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (including ODA)† 24,840,335 Health and Social Security 30,067,928 Home Office 17,087,812 Lord Chancellor's Department 668,860 Northern Ireland Departments 13,710,642 Scottish Office Direct Grants 7,413,080 Urban Programme 10,200,000 Trade and industry 7,369,617 Transport 564,000 Welsh Office Direct Grants 4,615,288 Urban Programme 2,200,000 224,411,142 * Includes contributions from Department of Education and Science, Department of Health and Social Security and Department of Transport.
† ODA's total (£24,026,902) consists solely of grants to various British charities and educational institutions for work in overseas relief and development.
The total figure excludes payments to voluntary bodies by the Manpower Services Commission. These are for services provided and, for the year 1984–85, they are estimated to be as follows:
£ Voluntary Projects Programme 7,300,000 Youth Training Scheme 132,300,000 Community Programme 275,000,000 Total 414,600,000