§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement concerning the amount of grant aid being made available uner the special grants (environmental) programme in 1990–91 to voluntary bodies in Scotland working in the environmental field.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI am pleased to announce that the grant aid totalling £201,000 has been offered to the following voluntary bodies in the financial year 1990–91, to assist them in carrying out environmental conservation, improvement or educational work in Scotland:
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Amount of Grant £ Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland 2,500 Buchan Countryside Group 2,500 Central Scotland Countryside Trust 12,000
Amount of Grant £ Centre for Human Ecology 4,000 Community Service Volunteers 7,500 Council for Scottish Archaeology 8,000 Environment Centre 6,000 Highland Forum 10,000 John Muir Trust 5,000 Locus 2,000 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 11,000 Royal Zoological Society of Scotland 4,000 Scottish Community Woods Campaign 6,000 Scottish Conservation Projects 30,000 Scottish Ecological Consultants 4,000 Scottish Environmental Education Council 12,000 Scottish Field School of Archaeology 1,500 Scottish Fields Studies Association 8,000 Scottish Historic Buildings Trust 11,000 Scottish Rights of Way Society 2,500 Scottish Scenic Trust 2,000 Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link 10,000 Scottish Wildlife Trust 25,000 Strathclyde Building Preservation Trust 3,500 The Woodland Trust 5,000 Water of Leith Conservation Trust 6,000 A further £4,000 is being held in reserve to support suitable projects arising during the year.
The aims and criteria of the scheme have been reviewed following its first three years of operation and the experience of the scheme has been generally very good. I am satisfied that the grants now offered will greatly assist the voluntary organisations to increase their level of activity and do much useful work.