Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 September 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 September 2017. It was answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 September 2017 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Charities: Finance

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the ten charities in England and Wales to which they provide the greatest amounts of funding; and what was the amount paid to each of those charities in the last financial year.

Answer: DCMS does not hold this information centrally. Government puts transparency and accountability to the public at the heart of how we do business and publishing data is key to this so, working with users across government, Cabinet Office Grants Function has designed and built the Government Grants Information System (GGIS). This records and reports grants data across government departments in a simple, standardised and scalable way. This system is new and our aim is for it to be an essential tool helping departments manage grants in an efficient and effective way.

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