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Written question asked by Bob Spink (Independent (affiliation)) on Friday, 9 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 October 2009. It was answered by Jonathan Shaw (Labour) on Thursday, 29 October 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Charities

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what grants her Department made to charitable organisations in each of the last five years.
Answer

The only grant payments made to a charitable organisation by the Department for Work and Pensions are those made to Motability, which is a charitable organisation with overall responsibility for the Motability scheme. More information about Motability can be found at:"www.motability.co.uk"Grant payments to Motability for the last five years are shown in the table.

£000
2004-05 2,551
2005-06 2,640
2006-07 2,809
2007-08 2,960
2008-09 3,814

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c483W; 292659
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Charities Department for Work and Pensions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk