HC Deb 17 March 1988 vol 129 cc633-5W
Mr. Sedgemore

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those voluntary organisations in the current financial year in receipt of grants from his Department including the amount of grant in each case and the work for which the grant has been made available.

Mrs. Rumbold

The following grants were given towards the headquarters activities of national voluntary youth organisations under section 20(1)(b) of the Education (Grant) Regulations 1983:

Organisation Grant in 1987–88
Army Cadet Association 5,160
Association for Jewish Youth 25,260
Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland 24,420
Boys' Brigade 34,920
British Council of Churches 24,000
British Red Cross Society 9,780
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers 35,700
Campaigners 13,620
Catholic Youth Services 18,000
Church Army 12,240
Church Lads' Brigade and Church Girls' Brigade 11,040
Church of England Board of Education 37,920
Co-operative Union 4,320
Council for Environmental Education 22,680
Covenanters 4,920
Da'watul Islam: United Kingdom and Eire 6,780
Drake Fellowship 27,420
Duke of Edinburgh's Award 66,600
Endeavour Training 28,920
Forest School Camps 1,620
Frontier Youth Trust 11,940
Girl Guides Association 47,460
Girls' Brigade 21,060
Girls' Venture Corps 23,640
Horse Rangers Association 1,800
Inter-Action 17,460
International Voluntary Service 1,200
Jewish Lads' and Girl's Brigade 5,520
JMB Development Training 4,920
Lubavitch Foundation 5,040
Methodist Association of Youth Clubs 87,540
National Association of Boys' Clubs 149,160
National Association of Muslim Youth 15,360
National Association of Youth Clubs 255,360
National Elfrida Rathbone Society 22,800
National Foundation of 18+ Groups 32,640
National Federation of Gateway Clubs 35,340
National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs 78,960
National Organisation for Work with Girls and Young Women 17,760
National PHAB 49,080
National Youth Assembly 7,500
National Youth Choir 1,020
National Youth Orchestra 4,560
National Youth Theatre 40,380
New Testament Church of God 10,080
Ocean Youth Club 12,300
Outward Bound Trust 13,680
Quaker Home Service 13,560
Reform Synagogues of Great Britain 7,740
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 4,440
Sail Training Association 5,580
St. John Ambulance Brigade 7,200
Salvation Army 12,720
Scout Association 49,800
Sea Cadet Association 14,220
SPLASH 4,740
Union of Maccabi Associations 6,600
UK Federation of Jazz Bands 6,300
United Reformed Church 35,940
Woodcraft Folk 10,020
Young Christian Workers 24,240
Young Men's Christian Association 149,160
Young Women's Christian Association 88,080
Youth Hostels Association 41,640

In addition, grants have been allocated to the following national associations under section 19 of the Regulations in respect of expenditure incurred in providing educational services:

Association Grant in 1987–88 (£)
British Chess Federation 36,400
British Theatre Association 13,900

Association Grant in 1987–88 (£)
Educational Centres Association 6,200
National Association of Women's Clubs 26,400
National Federation of Community Organisations 25,300
National Federation of Women's Institutes 15,600
National Housewives' Register 5,700
National Union of Townswomen's Guilds 13,600
Pre-Retirement Association 71,800
University of the Third Age 3,800
Workers' Educational Association National Office1 104,300
1 Of which £53,500 is allocated for in-service training.

Under section 17 of the regulations grants were given to the following voluntary organisation in support of their activities:

Organisation Grant in 1987–88 (£)
Association for All Speech Impaired Children 11,000
British Association for Early Childhood Education 4,610
Community Service Volunteers: Advisory Service 26,960
Council for Education in World Citizenship 37,000
National Educational Resource Centre for Hearing Impaired Pupils 37,000
Pre-School Playgroups Association 108,000
National Association for Gifted Children 10,000
National Bureau for Handicapped Students 30,750