Departments: IPPR

Mr. Heald
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding his Department provided to (a) the IPPR and (b) IPPR Trading Ltd. in each year since May 1997; and for what purposes.

Mr. Byrne
The Department's payments to the Institute for Public Policy Research and IPPR Trading Ltd., for the period in question, were:

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|         |IPPR|IPPR Trading|Total|
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|1997-98  |0   |—           |0    |
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|1998-99  |18.7|—           |18.7 |
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|1999-2000|0   |—           |0    |
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|2000-01  |5.4 |—           |5.4  |
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|2001-02  |0   |—           |0    |
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|2002-03  |29.8|—           |29.8 |
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|2003-04  |99.9|20.9        |120.8|
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|2004-05  |—   |4.1         |4.1  |
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|2005-06  |—   |4.7         |4.7  |
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The purpose of expenditure was for research projects and consultancy work. More details could be provided only at disproportionate cost.