§ Mr. MossTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the total amount paid in grants by central Government Departments to voluntary bodies during the financial year 1991–92; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterCentral Government funding to voluntary organisations in 1991–92 amounted to £3,387 million. Of this, £2,897 million consisted of payments to voluntary housing associations and £490 million went directly to a variety of voluntary organisations to support provision of services and a wide range of activities and projects.
The amount spent under individual departmental programmes was as follows:
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Voluntary bodies £ Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 178,486 Defence 11,038,930 Education and Science 5,503,286 Sports Council 14,255,000 Employment 32,693,716 Environment (including Energy Efficiency Office) Direct grants 24,854,376 Urban programme 54,400,000 Housing corporation 2,459,327,000 Countryside Commission 1,115,000 English Nature 1,057,000 Rural Development Commission 5,554,000 UK 2000 initiative 508,000 Derelict Land Grant 857,000 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1,717,114 Overseas Development Administration 123,657,933 Health Direct grants 43,010,863 Health Education Authority 1,263,546 Home Office Direct grants 40,124,942 Equal Opportunities Commission 20,000 Commission for Racial Equality 773,740 Northern Ireland Office Direct grants 14,586,795 Housing associations and societies 40,538,706 Sports Council for Northern Ireland 657,954
Voluntary bodies £ Scottish Office Direct grants 20,722,515 Urban programme 41,932,000 Housing Associations 234,000,000 Scottish Natural Heritage 1,660,000 Highland and Islands Enterprise 1,200,000 Sports Council for Scotland 1,510,621 Social Security 16,303,257 Trade and Industry 12,472,500 Transport 532,017 Welsh Office Direct grants 10,431,725 Urban programme 2,957,865 Joint Finance/Care in the community 224,455 Development Board for Rural Wales 423,000 Housing for Wales (Tai Cymru)—grants to housing associations 163,690,067 Sports Council for Wales and Play Wales Management Committee 1,435,988 GRAND TOTAL 3,387,209,397 I am placing in the Library of the House a list of voluntary bodies funded by the Government in 1991–92 other than those funded under housing programmes and the urban programme or via non-departmental public bodies.