Women's Royal Voluntary Service

HC Deb 04 March 1999 vol 326 c851W

Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has paid in each of the last three years to support the Women's Royal Voluntary Service; and how much of the money was in respect of that organisation's core activities. [74197]

Mr. Boateng

The Home Office has provided grant in aid to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) since its inception in 1938. The levels of grant for the years in question were as follows:

£
1996–97	5,840,000
1997–98	5,548,000
1998–99	5,298,000

All of the grant provided was in support of the organisation's core activities.