§ Mr. KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was donated to charity in Britain in 1979, 1981, 1986, 1989 and 1990.
§ Mr. JackThis information is not available centrally, but figures published by the Charities Aid Foundation show that the voluntary income of the top 200 charities in England and Wales for the years mentioned was:
£ million 1979–80 293 1980–81 329 1985–86 721 1988–89 1,058 1989–90 1,184 Government support for the voluntary sector has increased regularly and is now around £2.4 billion per year, an increase in real terms of 114 per cent, over the period in question.