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Last updated: 23 November 2008
12 October 2007
The Office of the Third Sector has published details of central and local government spending on the voluntary and community sector for the years 2000/01 to 2003/04. The figures show that spending on the sector rose faster than overall government spending during the period.
The reports show that in 2003/04, central government spending on the sector was approximately £4.9 billion, and local government spending was estimated at £4.3 billion.
The reports are the latest in a series starting in 1988/89, and have been carried out by the Charities Aid Foundation on behalf of the Government. The estimates are based on responses to surveys of central and local government departments, and are the best available estimates of government expenditure on the sector.
There has been a substantial rise in central and local government funding for the sector in recent years, and these latest figures indicate that a greater proportion of the total funding is beginning to come through local government.