Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 5 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 December 2002. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 December 2002 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many grants of £48,000 or more were made by NESTA in each year since 1998; and if she will make a statement. - Inc table.

Answer: Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many grants of £48,000 or more were made by NESTA in each year since 1998; and if she will make a statement. [86376] Dr. Howells: The following table shows how many grants of 48,000 or more were made by NESTA in each year since 1988: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Total Number of awards over £48k 4 19 50 62 135 Total number of awards 6 25 67 102 200 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The figures above include every award contracted or commissioned by NESTA to 31 March 2002 (the most recent date for which audited figures are available). The total size of award includes funding that has been released directly to the awardee or to cover the costs of commissioned areas of work but does not include added value expenditure such as the cost of mentoring. It includes any agreed release of contingency funding, but not any reserved contingency which may or may not be spent in the future. It treats as distinct any separate awards to the same project which have involved separate funding decisions.

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