To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state (a) the planned outturn expenditure, expressed in 1989–90 prices for the financial years 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 on payments under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 and the percentage increase or decrease in that figure over the estimated actual outturn expenditure for 1989–90 in 1989–90 prices and over the planned outturn expenditure for 1989–90 in 1989–90 prices, (b) the proportion of that planned outturn expenditure for 1992–93 and for 1993–94 which he has set aside as the upper limit to be made available to be spent on successful applications by training and enterprise councils by way of grants to voluntary organisations, (c) the proportion of that planned outturn expenditure for 1990–91. 1991–92, 1992–93 and for 1993–94 which he has set aside as the upper limit to be made available to be spent, on successful applications by local authorities by way of grants to voluntary organisations and (d) the proportion of that planned outturn expenditure for 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 and for 1993–94 which he has set aside as the upper limit to be made available to be spent on successful applications by local authorities by way of secondment of staff to, or other external staffing arrangements for, voluntary organisations; and if he will make a statement.

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