HC Deb 08 December 1988 vol 143 cc303-4W
54. Mr. Fishburn

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the figures for the level of charitable giving.

66. Mr. Hanley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest figures for the level of charitable giving.

Mr. Norman Lamont

I regret that comprehensive information on charitable giving is not available from official sources. Available information is as follows. Covenanted giving to charities amounted to some £450 million in 1985–86, £500 million in 1986–87 and is estimated at about £650 million in 1987–88. The available information on gifts to charities on death relates only to estates above the value at which capital transfer tax or inheritance tax would be payable in the absence of exemptions. For these estates the amounts are provisionally estimated at £300 million in both 1985–86 and 1986–87.