§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the grants funded by her Department for which individual members of the public and organisations may apply; and if she will make a statement as to(a) the total of such funding in the last financial year, (b) the total number of awards and (c) their administrative costs. [82185]
§ Clare ShortThe numbers and values of grants made in FY 2001–02 by the various DFID funds open to members of the public and organisations in UK are listed as follows. Information on the administrative costs of these funds is not held centrally and could not be gathered without incurring disproportionate cost. The number and value of grants refers to new grants made in the period.
Fund Number of grants Value(£ million) Civil Society Challenge Fund 62 30.2 Renewable Natural Resources Knowledge Strategy 43 22.6 Engineering Knowledge and Research Programme 54 13.4 Business Linkages Challenge Fund 9 13.3 Social Science Research 42 8.1 Financial Deepening Challenge Fund 7 6.0 Development Awareness Fund 38 5.5 Education Research Programme 46 1.9 Asia Regional Poverty Fund 22 1.9 Tourism Challenge Fund 6 1.3 Enterprise Development Innovation Fund 6 1.0 Total 335 105.2 In addition, the UK Small Grants Scheme allows UK Heads of Mission to provide funding for small-scale development projects in the countries where they 968W work—up to a value of £100,000 per year. As responsibility for their administration is delegated to Heads of Mission, data on the number and value of new grants made in FY 2001–02 are not held centrally and could not be collected without incurring disproportionate cost.
Total expenditure through UK non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in FY 2001–02 was £190.5 million. This included Partnership Programme Agreements with 11 NGOs, which provided funding in support of jointly agreed strategic programmes with NGOs with proven experience and impact, and contracts with NGOs to carry out specific development projects and humanitarian interventions on DFID's behalf.