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Mr. Lester
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his Department's policy regarding the extent to which (a) quangos and (b) voluntary organisations which receive financial support are compensated for inflation.
Mr. Mellor
Funding of non-departmental public bodies and voluntary organisations is a matter for the relevant sponsoring Department. There is no automatic compensation for inflation.