§ Sir Wyn RobertsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has reached a decision on the allocation to voluntary bodies of grants under the special grants (environmental) programme in 1996–97. [19145]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythI am pleased to have been able to offer 53 individual grants totalling £450,000 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 1996–97 match those available in 1995–96. This continued level of support reflects the Government's commitment to the voluntary sector, and its role in carrying out the Government's environmental objectives.
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Organisation Grant £ Association of Deer Management Groups 3,000 Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland 3,000 Biological Recording in Scotland Campaign 4,000 Buchan Countryside Group 2,000 Centre for Environment and Business in Scotland (CEBIS) 8,000 Council for Scottish Archaeology 16,000 CSV Scotland 17,000 Easter Ross Rights of Way Society 800 Education for Sustainability Development Group 10,000 Friends of the Earth Scotland 36,300 Game Conservancy Limited 4,000 Game Conservancy Trust 4,000 Garden History Society 3,000 Glasgow Building Preservation Trust 8,000 Heatwise Glasgow 4,000 Heather Trust 7,000 Highland and Islands Forum 18,000
Organisation Grant £ Kilmartin House Trust 8,000 Lothian and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership 4,000 National Society for Clean Air 4,400 Planning Aid for Scotland 17,000 Plantlife 3,000 Recycling Advisory Group Scotland 8,000 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 20,000 Rural Forum Scotland 24,000 Scottish Conservation Projects Trust 27,000 Scottish Ecological Design Association 6,000 Scottish Environmental Education Council 37,000 Scottish Environmental Forum 7,000 Scottish Farm and Countryside Educational Trust 4,000 Scottish Historic Buildings Trust 11,700 Scottish Native Woods Campaign 5,000 Scottish Redundant Churches Trust 2,300 Scottish Rights of Way Society 7,000 Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link 12,000 Scottish Wildlife Trust 38,500 Strathclyde Greenbelt Trust 8,000 Sustrans (Sustainable Transport Scotland) 8,000 Treewise 5,000 Venture Scotland 3,000 Vision 21 3,000 West Galloway Fisheries Trust 3,000 West Sutherland Fisheries Trust 5,000 Woodland Trust 4,000 World Wide Fund for Nature 9,000 Youth Clubs Scotland 8,000 Total 450,000