asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funds the Government have made available in the last three years to support voluntary social and community work in Liverpool.

The Government made the following sums available for the support of a wide variety of voluntary organisations in the field of community and social work:

	£
1975–76	28·0 million
1976–77	35·4 million
1977–78	46·5 million
	(estimate only)

Much of this money was for organisations whose work is on a national scale and it is not possible to identify the funds which are available to a particular locality.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funds the Government have made available in the current financial year to support voluntary social and community work in Birmingham.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funds the Government have made available in the current financial year to support voluntary social and community work in Newcastle.

Central Government made available an estimated £46·5 million in 1977–78 for the support of a wide variety of voluntary organisations in the field of community and social work. Much of this money was for organisations whose work is on a national scale and it is not possible to identify the funds which are available to a particular locality.