HC Deb 17 June 1996 vol 279 c345W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people working in community-based organisations in the United Kingdom are being sponsored to attend the eleventh international conference on AIDS in Vancouver in July. [32350]

Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living with HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom are being sponsored to attend the eleventh international conference on AIDS in Vancouver in July 1996. [32003]

Mr. Horam

The Department is not directly sponsoring anyone from community-based organisations nor anyone living with HIV/AIDS to attend the conference.

The Department is providing £1.6 million to HIV/AIDS voluntary organisations this year and it is for them to decide if they wish to send anyone to the conference.