To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what complaints have been received by the Charity Commissioners, in each of the last three years, alleging the irregular expenditure of funds by organisations, including religious organisations, registered by the Sikh community living in the United Kingdom.

Separate records are not maintained about individual complaints which have been received by the Charity Commissioners in respect of any charity, and this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what investigations have been carried out on behalf of the Charity Commissioners, in each of the past three years, into complaints of the irregular expenditure of funds by organisations, including religious organisations, registered by the Sikh community living in the United Kingdom.

The commissioners have used their powers of inquiry in some 17 cases involving allegations of misuse or misappropriation of funds, during the last three years, by charities connected with the Sikh community living in the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) complaints have been received, in each of the last three years, and (b) what investigations have been undertaken by the Metropolitan police into the irregular expenditure of funds by organisations which promote the political, social and economic interests of the British Sikh community.

The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.