Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 30 January 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what change there was in the (a) number, (b) size and (c) nature of claims made to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme after the most recent changes to the scheme's eligibility criteria.
In October 2010, this Department announced that in line with the need to reduce public expenditure, the Listed Places of Worship scheme would return to the original scope of the scheme in the final quarter of 2010-11 and claims for professional fees and repairs to organs, pews, bells and clocks would be ineligible. These changes came into effect on
January to December 2010 analysis | ||
Value | Number of claims | Value of payments (£) |
£1 to £10,000 | 3,840 | 9,599,198.50 |
£10,000.01 to £20,000 | 289 | 3,869,553.57 |
£20,000.01 to £30,000 | 58 | 1,393,308.58 |
£30,000.01 to £40,000 | 17 | 580,226.34 |
£40,000.01 to £100,000 | 19 | 1,095,704.58 |
£100,000.01+ | 1 | 136,975.45 |
Total | 4,224 | 16,674,967.02 |
January to December 2011 analysis | ||
Value | Number of claims | Value of payments (£) |
£1 to £10,000 | 3,278 | 7,513,188.36 |
£10,000.01 to £20,000 | 205 | 2,843,506.03 |
£20,000.01 to £30,000 | 40 | 994,074.67 |
£30,000.01 to £40,000 | 16 | 557,052.27 |
£40,000.01 to £100,000 | 16 | 961,742.64 |
£.100,000.01+ | 5 | 842,283.69 |
Total | 3,560 | 13,711,847.66 |
Following the announcement in October 2010, the scheme received a very high volume of claims as claimants submitted their applications before the changes to the scheme were introduced. There have been no notable changes to the nature of claims made after January 2011 apart from the ineligible works no longer being claimed.
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