§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has reached a decision on the allocation to voluntary bodies of grant under the special grants (environmental) programme in 1995–96.
§ Sir Hector MonroI am pleased to have been able to offer 51 individual grants totalling £429,930 to 46 voluntary bodies in Scotland to assist them in carrying out their valuable environmental conservation, improvement and education work. The sums available in the special grants (environmental) programme in 1995––96 represent an increase of some 12 per cent. over 1994–95. This increase demonstrates both the value that the Government place on the work carried out by the voluntary sector, and its role in taking forward the Government's environmental objectives.
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Organisation Grant £ Association for the Protection of Birds 4,500 Association of Deer Management Groups 5,000 Biological Recording in Scotland Campaign 5,000 Buchan Countryside Group 3,000 CSV Scotland 18,000 Council for Scottish Archaeology 16,000 Easter Ross Rights of Way Society 800 Friends of the Earth Scotland 5,000 Game Conservancy Trust 5,000 Garden History Society 4,000 Glasgow Building Preservation Trust 10,000 Heartland FM 2,000 Heather Trust 8,000 Heatwise Glasgow 5,000 Highlands and Islands Forum 18,000 Landwise Glasgow 4,000 Lothian and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership 5,000 National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection 4,400 Planning Aid for Scotland 19,000 Plantlife 3,500 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 20,000 Rural Forum Scotland 16,000 Rural Forum Scotland/Reforesting Scotland 10,000 Scottish Bat Groups 1,730 Scottish Conservation Projects Trust 42,000 Scottish Ecological Design Association 8,000 Scottish Environmental Education Council 37,000 Scottish Environmental Forum 8,000 Scottish Farm and Countryside Education Trust 5,000 Scottish Historic Buildings Trust 11,700 Scottish Landowners Federation 4,000 Scottish Native Woods Campaign 6,000 Scottish Rights of Way Society 7,000 Scottish Scenic Trust 1,000 Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link 12,000 Scottish Wildlife Trust 39,500 Strathclyde Greenbelt Company 10,000 Sustrans (Sustainable Transport Scotland) 8,000 Treewise 5,500 Touchstone 1,500 Venture Scotland 3,300 Vision 21 4,000 Water of Leith Conservation Trust 4,500 West Galloway Fisheries Trust 4,000 Woodland Trust 5,000 Youth Clubs Scotland 10,000