§ Sir Ivan LawrenceTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what was the total funding given by central Government Departments to voluntary bodies in the financial year 1994–95; and if she will make a statement. [18467]
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyCentral Government funding of voluntary organisations in 1994–95, including grants from non-departmental public bodies, amounted to £3,453 million. Of this, £2,496 million was payments to housing associations. The remaining £957 million went direct to voluntary organisations to support the provision of services and a wide range of activities and projects, an increase in Government funding of 5 per cent. in cash terms and 3 per cent. in real terms over the level of provision in 1993–94.
394WThe amount spent by each Department in 1994–95 with comparative figures for 1993–94 was as follows:
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Department 1994–95 £,000 1993–94 £,000 Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries 267 242 Crown Prosecution Service 20 20 Ministry of Defence 18,046 18,919 Department for Education and Employment Direct 59,574 (Education) 5,908 (Employment) 50,057 Equal Opportunities Commission 26 38 Total—DfEE 59,600 56,003 Department of Environment Direct 40,621 27,981 Countryside Commission 4,000 4,178 English Nature 1,3000 804 Housing Corporation 2,068,000 2,510,000 Rural Development Commission 4,000 4,744 Urban Development Corporation 10,600 11,036 Urban Programme 13,900 28,306 English Partnerships 1,000 Housing Action Trusts 565 625 Total—DoE 2,143,986 2,587,674 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1,043 1,011 Department of Health Direct 52,576 49,434 Alcohol and Drug Misuse 2,400 2,300 Health Education Authority 1,250 Total—DH 54,976 52,984 Home Office Direct 61,043 59,205 Commission for Racial Equality 4,855 5,213 Probation Partnership Funding 3,582 2,210 Total—Home Office 69,481 66,628 Lord Chancellor's Department Direct 163 183 Legal Aid Board 1,074 942 Total—LCD 1,237 1,125 Department of National Heritage Direct 18,057 15,855 Sports Council 17,814 20,219 Arts Council for Great Britain 213,661 Arts Council for England 172,056 English Tourist Board 26 27 British Tourist Authority 3 3 Total—DNH 207,956 249,764 Northern Ireland Office Direct 85,662 85,768 Housing Associations 44,879 49,293 Sports Council for Northern Ireland 626 728 Youth Council for Northern Ireland 1,471 1,421 Arts Council for Northern Ireland 3,318 3,603
Department 1994–95 £,000 1993–94 £,000 Northern Ireland Adult Education Centre 32 Northern Ireland Museums Council Rural Development Commission 348 176 Total—NIO 136,337 140,990 Overseas Development Administration 185,114 158,450 Scottish Office Direct grants 25,582 24,231 Highlands and Islands Enterprise 1,241 1,075 Housing Associations 268,540 273,302 Mental Illness Specific Grant 8,680 5,142 Scottish National Heritage 3,434 2,900 Sports Council for Scotland 2,082 1,898 Urban Programme 60,460 48,062 Scottish Arts Council 24,477 Total—Scottish Office 394,496 356,610 Department of Social Security 18,857 13,110 Department of Trade and Industry 13,888 14,435 Department of Transport 368 422 Welsh Office 13,773 14,071 Direct 148 285 Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 617 575 Development Board for Rural Wales 1,548 1,603 Flexible Community Care 114,556 122,082 Housing for Wales (Tia Cymru) 1,912 1,645 Sports Council for Wales 8,500 Arts Council for Wales 397 398 Welsh Development Agency 177 287 Welsh Tourist Board 5,711 Strategic Development Scheme 1,706 (Rural Initiative) 4,632 (Urban Programme) Total—Welsh Office 147,339 147,283 Total Direct grants 594,655 539,301 Indirect Grants (excluding housing) 362,381 371,691 Housing 2,495,975 2,954,677 Total: All expenditure 3,453,011 3,865,669 The 1994–95 figures include some data which have not been collected in past years. In order to provide a year-on-year comparison, similar data have also been obtained for 1993–94 and the figures for 1993–94 contained in the reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) given by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 19 July 1995,—Official Report, columns 1445–47 have been updated in the table.
In the case of indirect grants—payments by Government Departments to intermediary bodies, for distribution by them—end recipients are understood to be voluntary organisations in most but not necessarily all cases; and some of the expenditure may be used by the intermediary body in administering grant applications and payments.
I am also placing in the Libraries of both Houses reports further analysing Government grants to voluntary organisations in 1994–95 and 1993–94.
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