Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to which Commonwealth organisations his Department provides grant funding; and how much it has provided to each in each of the last 10 years. [10635]

Mr Robathan [holding answer 22 July 2010]: The Ministry of Defence only grants funding to one Commonwealth organisation, which is the Commonwealth War Graves commission since 2000-01:

2000-01

£ million

24

2001-02

24

2002-03

£ million

26

2003-04

£ million

29

2004-05

£ million

32

2005-06

£ million

31

2006-07

£ million

32

2007-08

£ million

34

2008-09

£ million

37