HC Deb 17 June 2002 vol 387 cc136-7W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which organisations and outside bodies which were in receipt of grant in 1997–98 are no longer; what the annual saving is(a) individually and (b) in aggregate; which organisations and outside bodies which were not in receipt of grant in 1997–98 now are; and what the annual cost is (i) individually and (ii) in aggregate. [62047]

Mr. Boateng

The aggregate figure for government grants to private organisations and individual was £28.6 billion in 2000–01 (the last year for which full outturn data are available) compared with £24.8 billion in 1997–98. This excludes social security payments classified as grants in the national accounts as grants and includes lottery grants.

Detailed analysis of departmental spending is contained in Departments' annual reports. Comprehensive data on individual grant recipients are not centrally available.