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Written question asked by Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) on Monday, 13 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 June 2005. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Wednesday, 22 June 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.


National Society for Epilepsy

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what sums the Department has allocated to the National Society for Epilepsy in each of the last 10 years; and what the reasons for the payments were in each case.
Answer

The Secretary of State has powers under Section 64 of the Health and Public Services Act 1968 to make grants to voluntary organisations in England whose activities support the Department's policy priorities. Funding allocated to the National Society for Epilepsy through the Section 64 General Scheme of Grants over the last 10 years is shown in the table.

Section 64 grants: National Society for Epilepsy £
Type of grant/projectname 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2004–05 2005–06
Section 64 project: Epilepsy information network 90,000 90,000
Section 64 project: living well programme 37,400
Section 64 project: computer-aided learning for neurologists 10,000 10,000
Section 64 project 7,292 12,500 5,208
Section 64 project 23,000 17,000
Note: Full details of the grants beginning in 1996–97 are not available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
435 c1105-6W;435 c1109-10W; 4813
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Expenditure Epilepsy Society