HC Deb 19 July 1995 vol 263 cc1445-7W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total amount of funding given by central Government Departments to voluntary bodies in the financial year 1993–94; and if he will make a statement. [36345]

Mr. Howard

Central Government funding of voluntary organisations in 1993–94 amounted to £3,567 million. Of this, £2,955 million was payments to housing associations and £612 million went directly to voluntary organisations to support the provision of services and a wide range of activities and projects. This latter figure shows that Government funding of the voluntary sector excluding housing associations increased in cash terms by 9 per cent. and in real terms by 5 per cent. over the level of provision in 1992–93.

The amount spent by each Department in 1993–94 was as follows:

£
Attorney General's Office (Crown Prosecution Service)
Direct grants 20,000
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Direct grants 242,500
Defence
Direct grants 18,919,259
£
Education
Direct grants 5,907,649
Employment
Direct grants 50,057,200
Equal Opportunities Commission 38,108
Environment
Direct grants 27,981,147
Countryside Commission 4,178,000
English Nature 804,183
Housing Corporations 2,510,000,000
Rural Development Commission 4,743,870
Urban Development Corporations 11,036,000
Urban Programme 28,305,927
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Direct grants 3,594,248
Health
Direct grants 49,433,555
Alcohol and drug misuse 2,300,000
Health Education Authority 1,250,000
Home Office
Direct grants 59,204,588
Commission for Racial Equality 5,213,000
Lord Chancellor's Department
Direct grants 182,500
Legal Aid Board 942,052
National Heritage
Direct grants 832,420
Sports Council 20,218,645
Northern Ireland Office
Direct grants 19,764,035
Housing associations 49,292,631
Sports Council for Northern Ireland 728,484
Youth Council for Northern Ireland 1,421,339
Overseas Development Administration
Direct grants 158,499,755
Scottish Office
Direct grants 24,230,855
Highland and Islands Enterprise 1,075,000
Housing associations 273,302,000
Mental Illness Specific Grant 5,141,834
Scottish Arts Council 176,164
Scottish National Heritage 2,900,000
Sports Council for Scotland 1,897,932
Urban Programme 48,062,000
Social Security
Direct grants 13,109,895
Trade and Industry
Direct grants 14,434,830
Transport
Direct grants 422,000
Welsh Office
Direct grants 14,070,944
Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 285,000
Development Board for Rural Wales 575,093
Flexible Community Care 1,602,508
Housing for Wales (Tai Cymru) 122,082,000
Rural Initiative 1,705,984
£
Sports Council for Wales 1,645,080
Urban Programme 4,631,691
Wales Tourist Board 287,140
Welsh Development Agency 398,000
Grand total 3,567,097,045

These figures have been collected and presented as far as possible on the same basis as the 1992–93 figures. We intend to review the way in which the data are collected and presented before announcing Government funding of the voluntary sector in 1994–95.

I shall shortly be placing in the Library a list of voluntary bodies funded by the Government in 1993–94, other than those funded under housing programmes and the urban programme or via non-departmental public bodies.

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