§ Andrew SelousTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the competitive grant schemes, administered by the Home Office and its agencies, open in each year since 1997 to organisations in the voluntary and community sector for the purposes of tackling social exclusion; and, for each scheme in each year(a) the number of applicants, (b) the number of successful applicants, (c) the total of grants awarded, (d) the number of pages in the application form and (e) if the grant can be used to fund the core costs of the applicant organisation; [22428]
(2) how many competitive grant schemes, administered by his Department and its agencies, were open in each of the last 10 years to organisations in the voluntary and community sector for the purposes of tackling social exclusion; [22386]
(3) if he will publish a list of the grants made under the competitive grant schemes administered by his Department and its agencies open in each year since 1997 to organisations in the voluntary and community sector for the purposes of tackling social exclusion; [22417]
(4) if he will place in the Library a copy of the application form for each of the competitive grant schemes administered by his Department and its agencies open in each year since1997 to organisations in the voluntary and community sector for the purposes of tackling social exclusion. [22410]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 12 December 2001]This information is not centrally available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The hon. Member may, however, wish to note that information about grants from central Government is currently available in two recent publications, funded by the Home Office:
Central Government Funding of Voluntary and Community Organisations 1982–83 to 1999–2000: ISBN 1 84082 636–3; andA Guide to Funding from Government Departments and Agencies—Second Edition: ISBN 1 900360 79, nine copies of which are available in the Library.