HC Deb 13 April 1994 vol 241 cc178-9W
Sir Jim Spicer

To ask the Prime Minister what was the total amount paid in grants by central Government Departments to voluntary bodies in the financial year 1992–93; and if he will make a statement.

The Prime Minister

Central Government funding of voluntary organisations in 1992–93 amounted to £3,925 million. Of this, £3,362 million was payments to housing associations and £563 million went directly to voluntary organisations to support the provision of services and a wide range of activities and projects. The latter figure shows that Government funding of the voluntary sector increased in cash terms by 15 per cent. and in real terms by 11 per cent. over the level of provision in 1991–92—£490 million. Between 1979–80 and 1992–93, the level of Government support for voluntary bodies has risen by 172 per cent. in real terms.

The amount spent under individual departmental programmes in 1992–93 was as follows:

£
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 209,248
Defence 16,555,426
Education 7,337,719
Employment
Direct grants 35,452,818
Equal Opportunities Commission 22,000
Environment (including Energy Efficiency Office)
Direct grants 25,542,597
Urban programme 51,700,000
Housing corporations 2,862,000,000
Countryside Commission 1,242,000
English Nature 621,000
Rural Development Commission 4,595,000
Derelict land grant 317,000
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2,697,820
Overseas Development Administration 147,426,026
Health
Direct grants 52,138,716
Health Education Authority 2,450,755
Home Office
Direct grants 50,596,492
Commission for Racial Equality 702,539
National Heritage
Direct grants 566,808
Sports Council 14,535,000
Northern Ireland Office
Direct grants 18,455,323
Housing associations and societies 57,404,589
Sports Council for Northern Ireland 658,037
Youth Council for Northern Ireland 1,357,803
Scottish Office

£
Direct grants 25,674,985
Urban programme 46,618,000
Housing associations 260,000,000
Scottish National Heritage 1,360,000
Highland and Islands Enterprise 1,000,000
Sports Council for Scotland 1,527,694
Social Security 14,094,810
Trade and Industry 13,303,996
Transport 509,615
Welsh Office
Direct grants 12,007,481
Urban programme 5,110,000
Joint finance 274,535
Development Board for Rural Wales 470,510
Housing for Wales (Tai Cymru)—grants to housing associations 182,323,223
Sports Council for Wales and Play Wales Management Committee 6,087,000
GRAND TOTAL 3,924,946,565
I am placing in the Library of the House a list of voluntary bodies funded by the Government in 1992–93, other than those funded under housing programmes and the urban programme or via non-departmental public bodies.