§ Mr. Wattsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a grant to the national kidney research fund in the 1987–88 financial year.
§ Mrs. CurrieGrants to help with the administration costs of national voluntary organisations which are registered charities or companies limited by guarantee, and which assist in furthering the Department's policy objectives in the field of health care, can be made under section 64 of the Health Service and Public Health Act 1968. The research activities of voluntary bodies are not funded under the section 64 scheme.
No application for a section 64 grant in 1987–88 has been received from the National Kidney Research Fund.