PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Charities: Redcar and Cleveland (16 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding given directly by Government to charities in Redcar and Cleveland.
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Answer
Government contributes a significant amount of funding to the voluntary sector through grants and contracts. According to the latest figures from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, government contributed a total of £14.4 billion annually to the sector, £7.3 billion of which came from central government. We do not hold information on total funding for charities in individual boroughs.
Answered by:
Dame Tracey Crouch (Conservative)
23 November 2017
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