Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of charity numbers data published by the Government Grant Information Service.

Central departments are responsible for ensuring the data entered onto the Government Grants Information System is accurate. The Cabinet Office Grants Efficiency Function has provided a link to the Charity Commission site to facilitate the accurate inclusion of charity numbers. In addition the Cabinet Office performs regular checks on the data, as part of the data cleansing process and prior to publication of the Grants Register.