§ Mr. Clifford ForsytheTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the number of appeals heard and decided by tribunals concerning(a) income support, (b) family credit, (c) social fund funeral benefit and (d) non-income-related benefits during the year 1989–90.
§ Mr. HanleyThe number of appeals heard and decided during the 1989–90 year is as follows:
the report of the efficiency scrutiny of Government funding of the voluntary sector. Annex D of that report, a copy of which is in the Library of the House, contains a list of grant schemes through which voluntary organisations were funded in 1987–88 and 1988–89. Details of changes which have taken place over the last five years are not available centrally.
§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in a table under the 19W relevant headings all funding given to voluntary organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available and for the previous four years.
§ Dr. MawhinneyDetails of the total grants made to voluntary organisations by Government Departments are announced each year by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister. Details for 1988–89 were announced on 11 May last year, at columns254–55. Similar announcements covering total grants made in 1987–88, 1986–87 and 1985–86 were made respectively on 16 May 1989, Official Report, columns 120–21, 14 April 1988, Official Report columns 217–19, and 2 March 1987, Official Report columns 464–65. A further announcement in respect of total grants made in 1989–90 is expected to be made shortly.
A list of all voluntary organisations funded by Government Departments was placed in the Library of the House when details of grants made in 1988–89 were announced last May.