HC Deb 21 March 1990 vol 169 cc677-8W
82. Mr. Anthony Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the increase in funding for the Countryside Commission since 1979.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Subject to the approval of Parliament, we propose to increase the Countryside Commission's grant-in-aid to £25.136 million in 1990–91. This represents an increase in real terms of 112 per cent. over the allocation in 1979–80.