HC Deb 07 March 1991 vol 187 c276W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the income of charities for the financial year 1989–90.

Mr. John Patten

This information is not available centrally, but statistics compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation suggest that the current annual turnover of the whole charitable sector in England and Wales is in the region of £15 billion.