§ Mr. HayesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of funds allocated by her Department for HIV and AIDS work in each year since 1985 has been devoted to the voluntary sector.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe percentage of the Department's HIV-AIDS funding directly allocated to the voluntary sector through section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 is shown in the table. Actual expenditure is also shown. The percentage increases over time are as a result of substantial increases in the Department's total HIV-AIDS funding over the same period. Details of this total funding arc also shown.
Government support for the voluntary sector is not confined to section 64 grants as we also provide funding for special projects from centrally administered funds. Thus, for example, in 1993–94 more than £100.000 was provided from these funds arid for 1994–95 funding from this source totalled £200,000.
In addition to direct funding from the Department, voluntary organisations in the HIV-AIDS field receive funding from health and local authorities purchasing services for people with HIV-AIDS. This is in accordance with Departmental guidance which stresses that the voluntary sector's participation is vital to the efficient and effective delivery of care and support for people with HIV-AIDS.
Section 64 Percentage £ Total funding £ 1985–86 19.23 100,000 620,000 1986–87 2.11 160,000 7,760,000 1987–88 3.58 1,300,000 37,610,000 1988–89 1.52 1,090,000 72,790,000 1989–90 1.13 1,600,000 143,400,000 1990–91 1.22 1,800,000 149,100,000 1991–92 1.2 1,900,000 160,400,000 1992–93 0.96 1,987,000 210,012,000 1993–94 0.81 1,927,000 240,233,000 1994–95 0.71 1,789,000 252,729,000 1995–96 0.56 1,547,000 1274,547,000 1 Excludes allocation to HEA—helpline which has yet to be settled.