§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has provided to the Patients Association in each of the last five years. [99990]
§ Ms StuartThe main source of Departmental funding for voluntary organisations is the Section 64 General Scheme of Grants. Over the last five years the Patients Association has received the following Section 64 funding:
£ 1995–96 14,000 1996–97 6,000 1997–98 25,000 1998–99 20,000 1999–2000 15,000