asked the Prime Minister if she will list the total amounts paid in grants by Government Departments to voluntary bodies during the financial year 1985–86; and if she will make a statement.
The figures are shown in the table. The total amount provided in 1985–86 represents a cash increase of 19·1 per cent. (in real terms 12·3 per cent.) on the level of provision in 1984–85. In the period between 1979–80 and 1985–86 the level of Government support to voluntary bodies has risen by about 208 per cent. (or in real terms 91 per cent.). These percentage increases take account of revised figures for Northern Ireland Departments in 1979–80 and 1984–85.
| Grants and payments by Government Departments in 1985–86 | ||
| £ | £ | |
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 117,700 | |
| Defence | 3,543,815 | |
| Education and Science grants | 8,450,508 | |
| payments | 9,638,571 | 18,089,079 |
| Employment | 30,316,000 | |
| Energy | 865,000 | |
| Environment—direct grants | 2,566,366 | |
| —Urban programme1 | 76,300,000 | |
| Foreign and Commonwealth | 822,483 | |
| Overseas Development Administration | 231,233,174 | 32,255,657 |
| Health and Social Security | 32,045,917 | |
| Home Office grants | 18,202,975 | |
| payments | 97,300 | 18,300,275 |
| Lord Chancellor's Department | 691,476 | |
| Northern Ireland Departments | ||
| grants | 11,350,894 | |
| payments | 5,450,234 | 16,801,124 |
| Scottish Office—direct grants | 8,247,195 | |
| —Urban programme | 11,700,000 | |
| Trade and Industry | 8,063,455 | |
| Transport | 605,000 | |
| Welsh Office—direct grants | 5,093,652 | |
| —Urban programme | 2,375,000 | |
| Total | 267,976,711 | |
1 Includes contributions from the Departments of Education and Science, Health and Social Security, and Transport.
2 Overseas Development Administration's total consists solely of grants to various British charities for work in overseas relief and development.
Employment
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£
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| Manpower Services Commission (estimated payments); | |
| Community Programme | 366,000,000 |
| Voluntary Projects Programme | 7,830,000 |
| YTS | 132,400,000 |
| 506,230,000 | |
The MSC makes payments to voluntary bodies under other programmes, but these cannot be given in detail except at disproportionate cost.
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£
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| Department of Economic Development, Northern Ireland: | |
| Action for Community Employment | 14,270,000 |
| Community Volunteering Scheme | 635,000 |
| Youth Community Projects | 637,636 |
| Community Workshops | 13,356,506 |
| Younghelp | 551,408 |
| 29,450,610 | |
Housing Government Departments also made grants and payments to Housing Associations and Societies:
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£
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| Department of the Environment | 944,800,000 |
| Department of the Environment for NorthernIreland | 39,648,142 |
| Scottish Office | 105,734,494 |
Non-Departmental Public Bodies
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£
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| Equal Opportunities Commission | 61,393 |
| Commission for Racial Equality | 3,828,035 |
| Development Commission | 2,358,685 |
| Countryside Commission | 2,405,000 |
| Countryside Commission for Scotland | 286,701 |
| Nature Conservancy Council | 11,227,000 |
| contracts with voluntary bodies | 325,000 |
| Sports Council | 12,415,000 |
| Sports Council for Northern Ireland | 431,395 |
| Scottish Sports Council | 2,389,766 |
| Sports Council for Wales | 1,061,077 |
| Health Education Council grants | 810,000 |
| payments | 54,000 |
| Health Education Council—Northern Ireland | 278,000 |
1 £573,000 of this amount was for the purchase of nature reserves. | |