Whether it will list the voluntary organisations to which it has allocated (a) direct grants, indicating the amount awarded and (b) indirec…

I have today arranged for therelease of a spreadsheet detailing direct and indirect grants to voluntary organisationsin 2006‑07. In 2006‑07 the Executive will be providing £517 milliondirectly and £160 million indirectly
- £677 million in total
- to the voluntarysector in Scotland. This is an increase of £154 million from last year,reflecting the Scottish Executive’s continued commitment to the sector.
Copiesof the spreadsheets are available from the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. numbers – Direct 40554 and – Indirect 40555) and also on the ScottishExecutive website.
The Executive have supplied the following corrected answer:
Johann Lamont: I have today arranged forthe release of a spreadsheet detailing direct and indirect grants to voluntaryorganisations in 2006‑07. In 2006‑07, the Executive will beproviding £496 million directly and £160 million indirectly
- £656 million intotal
- to the voluntary sector in Scotland. This is an increase of £133 million from last year,reflecting the Scottish Executive’s continued commitment to the sector.
Copies of the spreadsheetsare available from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers –Direct 40554 and – Indirect 40555) and also on the Scottish Executive website.