§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will investigate the salary on-call payments and mileage payments made to senior staff of Integrate Services while the organisation was in receipt of a section 64 grant. [104822]
§ Mr. HuttonWe have no plans at this time to investigate the salary on-call payments and mileage payments made to senior staff of Integrate Services while the organisation was in receipt of a grant under section 64 of the 1968 Act. Health authorities make section 64 grants to voluntary organisations out of their general allocation. Section 64 grants are subject to the rules and scrutiny processes for propriety and regularity that govern all health authority expenditure. Integrate Services is currently the subject of an inquiry by the Charity Commissioners.
§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to investigate the use of a section 64 grant by Integrate Services to purchase holiday facilities; and if he will make a statement. [104819]
§ Mr. HuttonWe have no plans at this time to investigate the purchase of holiday facilities by Integrate Services while in receipt of a grant under section 64 of the 1968 Act. Health authorities make section 64 grants to voluntary organisations out of their general allocation. Section 64 grants are subject to the rules and scrutiny processes for propriety and regularity that govern all health authority expenditure. Integrate Services is currently the subject of an inquiry by the Charity Commissioners.
§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that all organisations in receipt of section 64 grants comply with the requirements of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. [111821]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 1 March 2000]: The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 protects workers who disclose information about certain types of matters from being dismissed or penalised by their employers as a result. Section 64 grants awarded by health authorities are subject to the rules and scrutiny processes for propriety and regularity that govern all health authority expenditure. Section 64 grants awarded by Ministers to national voluntary organisations include a condition that a voluntary organisation, and anyone acting on its behalf, must comply with the law for the time being in force in the United Kingdom.