Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in each year since the formation of the Small Charities Challenge Fund (a) how many applications have been (i) received, (ii) approved or (iii) provisionally approved and (b) how much money has been dispersed.
Since the formation of the Small Charities Challenge Fund in July 2017, 771 applications have been submitted, of which 661 applications were eligible for review. To date, 67 applications have been approved with a further 64 applications provisionally approved pending the successful completion of due diligence assessments. The total level of funding disbursed is £2.78 million.