§ Andrew SelousTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the Government keep a record of the overall number of state funded competitive grant schemes available to voluntary and community organisations in the United Kingdom in(a) the current and (b) previous years, and by what categories this is broken down; [29928]
(2) whether the Government keep a central list of the statutory bodies that make competitive grant schemes available to voluntary and community organisations in the United Kingdom in (a) the current year and (b) previous years; [29927]
(3) whether the Government keep a record of the total sum distributed through all state funded competitive grant schemes available to voluntary and community organisations in the United Kingdom in (a) the current year and (b) previous years; and by what categories this is broken down. [29929]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 24 January 2002]: Information about grants for earlier years is available in two recent publications:
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 1900360 79.Information on grants allocated by Government Departments during 2000–01, the last completed financial year, is currently being compiled and will be placed in the Library before the summer recess.