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Written question asked by Lord Gove (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 March 2017. It was answered by Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) on Friday, 24 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Department for Education: Civil Society

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 63174, on Department for Education: third sector, what information her Department holds on which charitable and voluntary organisations are in receipt of grants from her Department; what the value of each such grant is; and how each such grant was allocated.

Answer

The Department publishes details of all expenditure exceeding £25,000 and they are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-department-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25-000 .

This information is taken directly from our financial systems where reported expenditure includes all payments made to organisations. However, those systems do not distinguish between payments made to charitable and voluntary sector organisations and those made to the private sector. We have attempted to consider alternative sources of information.

The DfE Grants Register (in Excel format) covers grants awarded and the planned allocation of funds including to organisations in the charitable and voluntary sectors. An extract of the information held is attached, though this does not give the total picture as we are updating the data as part of a migration process to a new system.

To provide information on all grants actually paid would incur a disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
68143
Session
2016-17
Attachment
Excerpt of Grants Register
Related items
Department for Education: Civil Society
Friday, 10 February 2017
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Finance Civil society Department for Education
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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