HC Deb 08 May 2000 vol 349 c314W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been paid from the Duchy Benevolent Fund to organisations and individuals in each year since 1995. [119850]

Marjorie Mowlam

Grants made by the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund for the past five years are as follows:

£
1995–96 251,637
1996–97 316,425
1997–98 277,014
1998–99 290,957
1999–2000 1 310,800
1 Unaudited

Lists of grants made from the Fund for the last five years would run to several hundred items.