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Written question asked by Charles Walker (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 27 March 2009. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 April 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Drugscope: Finance

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding the charity Drugscope has received from the Government in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

The following table shows the awards by the Department to DrugScope through the Section 64 General Scheme of Grants which funds voluntary organisations in England whose activities support the Department's policy priorities. Funding for DrugScope began in 2001-02 following the organisation's founding in 2000.The figures do not include any payments made to DrugScope from other budgets held by the Department or other Government Departments in respect of services commissioned from DrugScope.

Type of grant Amount (£)
2001-02 Core 460,000
2002-03 Core 350,000
2002-03 Project 80,000
2003-04 Core 400,000
2004-05 Core 400,000
2005-06 Core 400,000
2006-07 Core 300,000
2007-08 Core 230,000
2008-09 Core 230,000

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
490 c1222W;490 c1218W; 267676
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Finance DrugScope
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk