§ Sir Jim SpicerTo 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 MinisterCentral 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:
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£ 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
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.
£ 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