§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, for England and Wales, the total expenditure under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966, for each year since 1982, identifying separately expenditure by training and enterprise councils in ethnic minority grants; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe total amount of section 11 grant paid to local authorities in each financial year between 1982–83 and 1990–91 was as follows:
£ million 1982–83 60.8 1983–84 76.2 1984–85 76.3 1985–86 63.4 1986–87 102.2 1987–88 93 1988–89 88.8 1989–90 114.8 1990–91 135.5 The figure for 1991–92 is not yet available. The new, separate, ethnic minority grant, under which funds will be paid by this Department to TECs to support projects undertaken by voluntary organisations, comes into effect from 1 April 1992.