§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines are in place to determine which charities and charitable organisations will receive direct funding from central and local government. [105685]
§ Beverley HughesNo central guidelines exist. Decisions on funding are the responsibility of each Government Department and local authority.
It is common practice, however, for Departments to publish application criteria and guidance notes for each grant programme to which voluntary and community organisations, including charities and charitable organisations, may wish to apply.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which charities and charitable organisations provide public services(a) alongside and (b) additionally to those provided by (i) central and (ii) local government. [105686]
§ Beverley HughesThis information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Government's expenditure on charities and charitable trusts has been in each year since 1992. [105692]
§ Beverley HughesInformation about funding from central gGovernment to voluntary and community groups, including charities and charitable trusts, is currently available in a publication funded by the Home Office, entitled "Central Government Funding of Voluntary and Community Organisations 1982/83 to 1999/2000: ISBN 1 84082 636–3".
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