Connecting Communities Plus

House of Lords written question – answered at on 20 May 2009.

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Photo of Baroness Warsi Baroness Warsi Shadow Minister (Community Cohesion), Communities and Local Government

To ask Her Majesty's Government which organisations were in receipt of funds through the Connecting Communities Plus Programme in each of the last three years; and how much they received.

Photo of Baroness Andrews Baroness Andrews Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)

From April 2006 to March 2009 a total of 393 organisations were funded through the Connecting Communities Grants programme. Three different types of grants were paid.

Strategic partners: paid to national level voluntary organisations. In all, 11 organisations were funded for three years. A total of £4,306,816.00 was paid to the strategic partners from 2006-2009.

Project grants: paid to voluntary organisations to deliver outcomes set out in the Improving Opportunity, Strengthening Society strategy. In all, 68 projects were funded over three years. A total of £10,519,235 was paid to the project partners from 2006-09.

Community grants were flexible grants to voluntary and community organisations. They were one-off grants of up to £12,000. Three rounds of funding were held; one in each year of the programme. The number of organisations funded and the total amount paid in each year were as follows:

year one—£1,313,426.49 paid to 138 organisations;year two—£987,691.04 paid to 108 organisations; andyear three—£663,441.26 paid to 68 organisations.

A total of £17,835,609.79 million was paid to grant recipients through the scheme. A full list of organisations funded and the total amount paid has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

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