FOI request (FOI-68671850)

I would like to make the following Freedom of Information request to your council.

1. In the most recent financial year (2017-17) how much money was paid in grants and funding to local businesses/start-ups, religious groups/establishments, and charities by your council? This does not include loans.

For example, payments made to support a new business that could benefit the local economy, enable a charity to carry out worthy project, money to enable a local church to offer support to homeless people, etc.

2. Please break down by the name of the charity/business, the amount of money they received, and a brief outline of the services or projects they offer/planned to offer.

I would be grateful if you could provide this information in an excel spreadsheet.