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Mr. Moss
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the total amount paid in grants by central Government Departments to voluntary bodies during the financial year 1991–92; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister
Central Government funding to voluntary organisations in 1991–92 amounted to £3,387 million. Of this, £2,897 million consisted of payments to voluntary housing associations and £490 million went directly to a variety of voluntary organisations to support provision of services and a wide range of activities and projects.The amount spent under individual departmental programmes was as follows:
| Voluntary bodies | £ |
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | 178,486 |
| Defence | 11,038,930 |
| Education and Science | 5,503,286 |
| Sports Council | 14,255,000 |
| Employment | 32,693,716 |
| Environment (including Energy Efficiency Office) | |
| Direct grants | 24,854,376 |
| Urban programme | 54,400,000 |
| Housing corporation | 2,459,327,000 |
| Countryside Commission | 1,115,000 |
| English Nature | 1,057,000 |
| Rural Development Commission | 5,554,000 |
| UK 2000 initiative | 508,000 |
| Derelict Land Grant | 857,000 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 1,717,114 |
| Overseas Development Administration | 123,657,933 |
| Health | |
| Direct grants | 43,010,863 |
| Health Education Authority | 1,263,546 |
| Home Office | |
| Direct grants | 40,124,942 |
| Equal Opportunities Commission | 20,000 |
| Commission for Racial Equality | 773,740 |
| Northern Ireland Office | |
| Direct grants | 14,586,795 |
| Housing associations and societies | 40,538,706 |
| Sports Council for Northern Ireland | 657,954 |
| Voluntary bodies | £ |
| Scottish Office | |
| Direct grants | 20,722,515 |
| Urban programme | 41,932,000 |
| Housing Associations | 234,000,000 |
| Scottish Natural Heritage | 1,660,000 |
| Highland and Islands Enterprise | 1,200,000 |
| Sports Council for Scotland | 1,510,621 |
| Social Security | 16,303,257 |
| Trade and Industry | 12,472,500 |
| Transport | 532,017 |
| Welsh Office | |
| Direct grants | 10,431,725 |
| Urban programme | 2,957,865 |
| Joint Finance/Care in the community | 224,455 |
| Development Board for Rural Wales | 423,000 |
| Housing for Wales (Tai Cymru)—grants to housing associations | 163,690,067 |
| Sports Council for Wales and Play Wales | |
| Management Committee | 1,435,988 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 3,387,209,397 |