Book Trust: Finance

Sarah Teather
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding his Department provided to the Booktrust charity in each year since 2001.

Beverley Hughes
[holding answer 14 June 2007]: The information requested is provided in the following table.

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|Financial year      |Total funding for year|
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|2001-02             |290,000               |
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|2002-03             |0                     |
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|2003-04             |150,000               |
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|2004-05             |2,074,000             |
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|2005-06             |8,584,000             |
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|2006-07             |9,063,000             |
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|2007-08             |13,018,000            |
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|                    |                      |
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|Total amount to date|32,929,500            |
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