Women's Royal Voluntary Service (Hansard, 27 July 2000)

§ Mr. Lidington
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department paid in grant to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service in each financial year since 1978–79; how much he proposes to pay as grant to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service in each of the financial years covered by the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will express(a) and (b) in both cash and real terms [132938]

§ Mr. Boateng
Figures are not available prior to 1985–86. Grant paid from that year onwards is shown in the table. The table shows the grant in cash terms and adjusted to 1978–79 prices.

£

Financial year Grant in cash terms Grant adjusted to 1978–79 prices

1985–86 4,600,000 2,456,500

1986–87 4,833,000 2,503,155

1987–88 ¹5,257,000 2,585,161

1988–89 5,132,000 2,363,767

1989–90 5,353,000 2,299,857

1990–91 5,539,000 2,207,209

1991–92 5,802,102 2,178,277

1992–93 6,109,000 2,221,041

1993–94 6,247,000 2,212,520

1994–95 6,500,000 2,270,179

1995–96 6,200,000 2,104,895

1996–97 5,840,000 1,920,888

1997–98 5,548,000 1,774,512

1998–99 5,298,000 1,646,412

1999–2000 5,048,000 1,529,645

2000–01 4,798,000 1,421,897

¹ Includes £332,000 to cover the one-off costs associated with the 1988 change of premises

The amount of grant for 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 will be determined in the light of decisions on use of resources within the Home Office's programmes.

§ Mr. Lidington
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is on payments of grant to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service. [132937]

§ Mr. Boateng
Payment of grant to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service was formally reviewed in 1997. The review found that grant from the Home Office supported services which had the potential to recover costs in full from local purchasers (ie local authorities, health trusts and emergency services) and through fund-raising.
The Review recommended that the grant should gradually be reduced over 10 years to a level equivalent to that of our other largest voluntary sector grant recipients, which is currently around £700,000 to £900,000 a year.

£
Financial year	Grant in cash terms	Grant adjusted to 1978–79 prices
1985–86	4,600,000	2,456,500
1986–87	4,833,000	2,503,155
1987–88	¹5,257,000	2,585,161
1988–89	5,132,000	2,363,767
1989–90	5,353,000	2,299,857
1990–91	5,539,000	2,207,209
1991–92	5,802,102	2,178,277
1992–93	6,109,000	2,221,041
1993–94	6,247,000	2,212,520
1994–95	6,500,000	2,270,179
1995–96	6,200,000	2,104,895
1996–97	5,840,000	1,920,888
1997–98	5,548,000	1,774,512
1998–99	5,298,000	1,646,412
1999–2000	5,048,000	1,529,645
2000–01	4,798,000	1,421,897
¹ Includes £332,000 to cover the one-off costs associated with the 1988 change of premises