Hepatitis C (Hansard, 27 February 2004)

§ Dr. Iddon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to establish the "Hepatitis C Strategy for England", published in consultation form in August 2002. [154833]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
The Department intends to publish an action plan to implement the "Hepatitis C Strategy for England" in the next few months.

§ Dr. Murrison
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he(a) has spent in each of the last five years and (b) plans to spend in each of the next five years on raising Hepatitis C awareness. [155535]

§ Miss Melanie Johnson
The information requested is shown in the following table.

Department of Health central funding of activities related to raising awareness of hepatitis C

Financial year Amount (£)

1999–2000 ¹None identifiable

2000–01 ¹30,000

2001–02 ¹241,000

2002–03 ¹163,000

2003–04 ²224,500

2004–05 ³986,000

2005–06 ³1,500,000

¹Actual Expenditure.

²Forecast Expenditure.

³Provisional allocation.

Funding beyond 2005–06 is yet to be determined.

Department of Health central funding of activities related to raising awareness of hepatitis C
Financial year	Amount (£)
1999–2000	¹None identifiable
2000–01	¹30,000
2001–02	¹241,000
2002–03	¹163,000
2003–04	²224,500
2004–05	³986,000
2005–06	³1,500,000
¹Actual Expenditure.
²Forecast Expenditure.
³Provisional allocation.