§ 22. Mr. KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the value of grants from his Department to voluntary organisations in each of the past three years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe value of direct grants made by the Scottish Office to voluntary organisations in each of the last three years for which figures are published are as follows:
£ 1987–88 9,790,137 1988–89 14,771,542 1989–90 16,339,277 In addition to grants made directly, the Scottish Office gives grants to local authorities under the urban programme. Some local authorities in turn giving grants to urban programme projects involve voluntary organisations. Non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the 454W Scottish Office departments also give grants to voluntary organisations. Further details were given in answers by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and his predecessor on 16 May 1989, 11 May 1990 and 22 March 1991, columns 122–23, 254–56 and 235–36 respectively.