§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many projects funded under the intermediate treatment initiative of local authority circular 63/3 have had their grants withdrawn or suspended; and for what reasons.
§ Mrs. CurrieA total of 110 projects were set up under the intermediate treatment initiative in England. None have had their grants withdrawn. Initiative grants are paid on a quarterly basis. A number of projects have had such payments suspended at some point. This was because either they accumulated a large balance of unspent grant; or their annual acounts were overdue; or, in a few cases, because the project did not fully comply with the conditions of the grant. Grants to three projects are currently suspended for one of these reasons.