Government: Gifts and Endowments

(asked on 11th March 2024) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many voluntary donations have been paid to the Government in each of the last 20 years; and what the total amount paid in voluntary donations is over that time period.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 14th March 2024

HM Treasury received a total of 137 voluntary donations for a total of £4,111,587.79 from January 2003 up to 13th March 2024. The breakdown for each year is in the table below.

Calendar year

No. of donations

Value of donations

2003

4

£3,103.00

2004

7

£97,518.13

2005

1

£5.00

2006

7

£821,669.41

2007

3

£4,270.66

2008

4

£5,411.17

2009

7

£452,208.81

2010

7

£972,621.71

2011

7

£60,657.19

2012

1

£670.00

2013

1

£99,423.00

2014

0

-

2015

0

-

2016

2

£47,078.41

2017

3

£92,847.53

2018

1

£800.00

2019

3

£65,000.00

2020

1

£1,193,875.76

2021

10

£13,334.00

2022

29

£150,120.55

2023

38

£28,212.26

2024 (to 13th Mar)

1

£2,761.20

TOTAL

137

£4,111,587.79

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