asked the Prime Minister if she will publish figures showing expenditure by Government Departments on grants to voluntary bodies during the financial year 1983–84; and if she will make a statement.
asked the Prime Minister if she will publish figures showing expenditure by Government Departments on grants to voluntary bodies during the financial year 1983–84; and if she will make a statement.
The figures are shown in the table attached. The total amount provided in 1983–84 represents a cash increase of 20·5 per cent. (in real terms 14·5 per cent.) on the level of grant-giving in the previous year. In the period between 1979–80 and 1983–84 the level of Government grant-giving to voluntary bodies has risen by over 95 per cent. (or in real terms 35 per cent.)
| £'000 | |
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 99,400 |
| Defence | 2,643,990 |
| Education and Science | 14,317,606 |
| Employment | *27,720,000 |
| Energy | 91,000 |
| Environment Direct Grants | 1,219,888 |
| Urban Programme | ‡46,500,000 |
| FCO (including ODA) | †11,519,597 |
| Health and Social Security | 23,122,709 |
| Home Office | 16,890,250 |
| Lord Chancellor's Department | 604,160 |
| Northern Ireland Department | 12,091,327 |
| Scottish Office— | |
| Direct Grants | ║6,823,494 |
| Urban Programme | ║6,750,000 |
| Trade and Industry | 6,221,000 |
| Transport | 509,000 |
| Welsh Office— | |
| Direct Grants | 3,821,203 |
| Urban Programme | 1,325,000 |
| Total | 182,269,624 |
| * This figure does not include estimated payments made by the MSC for work under the following programmes: | |
| Voluntary Projects Programme | 4,300,000 |
| YTS/YOP | 81,000,000 |
| Community Programme | 200,000,000 |
| 285,300,000 | |
| † ODA total (£10,771,960) to British voluntary organisations only. | |
| ‡ Includes contributions from Department of Education and Science, Department of Health and Social Security and Department of Transport. | |
| ║ Estimate only. | |