§ Mr. WatersonTo 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. HowardCentral 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:
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£ 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 1447W
£ 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.