To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) running costs, (b) expenses claimed by members, (c) salaries paid, (d) cost of the production of reports, (e) cost of Departmental staff working time and (f) other costs were of the Social Investment Taskforce in the last year for which figures are available. (104659)

The Social Investment Taskforce was created in 2000 to investigate and apply the principles of community development finance to the creation of enterprise in disadvantaged areas.

The taskforce members were selected for their expertise and all were unpaid. The taskforce was resourced by the UK Social Investment Forum, the Development Trusts Association and the New Economics Foundation. Treasury officials attended all four taskforce meetings in an observing capacity.