HC Deb 19 December 1990 vol 183 cc203-4W
Mr. Blair

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state(a) the planned outturn expenditure, expressed in 1989–90 prices for the financial years 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 on payments under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 and the percentage increase or decrease in that figure over the estimated actual outturn expenditure for 1989–90 in 1989–90 prices and over the planned outturn expenditure for 1989–90 in 1989–90 prices, (b) the proportion of that planned outturn expenditure for 1992–93 and for 1993–94 which he has set aside as the upper limit to be made available to be spent on successful applications by training and enterprise councils by way of grants to voluntary organisations, (c) the proportion of that planned outturn expenditure for 1990–91. 1991–92, 1992–93 and for 1993–94 which he has set aside as the upper limit to be made available to be spent, on successful applications by local authorities by way of grants to voluntary organisations and (d) the proportion of that planned outturn expenditure for 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 and for 1993–94 which he has set aside as the upper limit to be made available to be spent on successful applications by local authorities by way of secondment of staff to, or other external staffing arrangements for, voluntary organisations; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

The available information is as follows:

  1. (a) The planned outturn figures for the years 1991–94 and the latest estimate of 1990–91 outturn will appear in the Home Office annual report to be published in February 1991.
  2. (b), (c), (d) The guidelines for section 11 grant require local authorities to include a proportion of applications from voluntary projects. No separate allocation will however be set aside for such applications. The allocation of grant as between local authorities and training and enterprise councils will be made nearer the time when final provision is determined.