Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 16 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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INDEPENDENCE OF NHS CHARITIES

That this House is alarmed at the manner in which the Department of Health and Monitor are applying International Accounting Standard 27, which will come into effect from April 2010, to NHS charities; notes the serious concern amongst the Association of NHS Charities and the Charity Commission that this could lead to the consolidation of NHS charities' funds, worth over ??300 million annually, and assets, worth over ??2 billion, into the public accounts of their parent NHS bodies; believes this would seriously undermine the independence of those charities and damage their level of income from donations; further believes that the manner in which these accounting standards are being applied is entirely inappropriate for NHS charities; and calls on HM Treasury and the Office of the Third Sector to take action to ensure that the existing independence of NHS charities from public sector bodies is maintained.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

518 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Mike Hancock

Lord Stunell

Mark Hunter

Adrian Sanders

Subjects

Charities Health services

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk