§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will list the organisations which are to receive section 64 funding from April 1994 and the amount each organisation will receive;
(2) if she will list the organisations, which will receive section 64 funding from April 1994, which are based outside London and indicate separately those based in the north-west.
§ Dr. MawhinneyMinisters are curently considering all applications received for possible funding under the section 64 general scheme during 1994–95. Some organisations have already been notified of the outcome and the remainder will be notified as soon as decisions are taken. In addition further notifications will be issued at a later stage, where, for example, work on a project has yet to start or to accommodate slippage during the year on approved proposals. To qualify for section 64 support, an organisation must generally operate on a national basis; where its headquarters may be located is not a relevant criterion. Information on where it may be based is, therefore, not separately identified.
§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the reasons why the application for section 64 funding, from April 1994, by the George House trust in Manchester was unsuccessful.
§ Dr. MawhinneyBids from HIV/AIDS voluntary organisations exceeded the section 64 funding available for 1994–95 by over 100 per cent. Our priority was to continue grants to those organisations to which financial commitments had already been made.