HC Deb 02 December 1988 vol 142 cc423-4W
Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether new funding is to be made available to the Nature Conservancy Council and the Countryside Commission to relieve pressure on their support for the voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The public expenditure allocations for 1989–90 announced for the Nature Conservancy Council and the Countryside Commission should enable them to make grants to the voluntary and private sectors £1.85 million and £5 million respectively. The Nature Conservancy Council has also allocated additional resources of £440,000 for grants in the current year, as a result of savings elsewhere in the council's budget.