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451304

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2016 to Question 25465, if he will publish the (a) total value and (b) number of grants made by his Department in the last 12 months as part of (i) the Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development scheme, (ii) the Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund, (iii) the Strategic Partnership Programme and (iv) Specific Policy Grants supporting Departmental policy.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	26286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The following information shows new grant awards made by the Department in the financial year 2015/16. Recipients of grants include voluntary organisations. The Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development scheme and the Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund grant awards shown here span a period of up to three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Scheme / Programme</p></td><td><p>New Awards Made (£)</p></td><td><p>Number of New Awards made</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development</p></td><td><p>£5,980,964</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund</p></td><td><p>£2,789,777</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic Partner Programme</p></td><td><p>£4,020,000</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specific Policy Grants</p></td><td><p>£133,112,643</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/02/2016 14:05:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

449852

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what grants have been made by his Department to registered charities in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	25465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department makes a number of grant payments to non-public sector bodies each financial year to support key policy objectives. This includes grants made to registered charities as well as other voluntary organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In the last year, grants have been made to voluntary organisations, including registered charities as part of:</p><p> </p><p>(a) The Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development scheme. This is a competed scheme where successful applications are funded for up to three years; this provides funding to support proposals with a clear focus on supporting and driving forward new ideas (Innovation), or consolidating or expanding the benefits from successful projects (Excellence) or undertaking of strategic developments in voluntary sector capacity or capability within the health and care field.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund is a competed scheme which uniquely combines grant funding and support to voluntary organisations to increase their capacity, to get the maximum benefit from volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>(c) The Strategic Partner Programme is a system-wide cohort of voluntary sector partners who use their knowledge, expertise and reach to inform and shape policy.</p><p> </p><p>(d) Specific Policy Grants supporting Departmental policy.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/02/2016 13:01:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

433515

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2015 to Question 13136, what consideration he has given to such representation made by the hon. Member for Shipley.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	18364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>We have noted the hon. Member’s representations on this matter and will continue to take them into account.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/12/2015 17:13:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

431726

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications his Department has received for the (a) Innovation Excellence and Strategic Development Fund and (b) Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund; and when he plans to announce the 2015-16 grant allocations from those funds.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	17376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>321 applications were received to the 2015-16 Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Fund and 283 to the 2015-16 Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund scheme.</p><br /><p>Decisions on allocating funds have not yet been finalised. We will let applicants know the outcome as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 01/12/2015 17:06:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

429083

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the incidence of his Department giving grants to organisations which subsequently use the money to try to influence (a) his and (b) other Government departments.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	16835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Funding applications from voluntary sector organisations are assessed against a number of criteria, but Departmental policy clearly states that grants will not be awarded if there is any indication within the application that some or all of any funding awarded will be used to support political activities, including political lobbying activity.</p><br /><p>It remains an important objective of the Department’s partnership with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector that they contribute their voice and expertise to national policy making and implementation, and grant awards can support this objective.</p><br /><p>However, analysis of each individual grant awarded by the Department to ascertain the impact of this objective would be at disproportionate cost.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 16779 question first answered 23/11/2015 15:53:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

429208

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the job titles of the officials and other individuals on the Department of Health’s Voluntary Sector Grants Hub.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL3692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>As at 16 November 2015, the job titles of the officials and other individuals in the Department of Health’s Voluntary Sector Grants Hub are:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Civil Service Grade / Job Title</p></td><td><p>FTEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Executive Officer (SEO) – Team Leader</p></td><td><p>1.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Executive Officer (HEO)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Executive Officer (HEO) - Senior Account Manager</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Executive Officer (EO) - Account Manager</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Job titles provided along with grades in instances where staff share the same job title.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 01/12/2015 12:31:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

426095

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2015 to Question 11792, which grants made under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1964 are awarded on a non-competed basis; and if he will ensure that all future section 64 grants are awarded on a competed basis.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	14761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Providing the requested information would involve analysis of each grant awarded and would therefore be at disproportionate cost. There is a range of different circumstances where it would not be appropriate or value for money to run a competed scheme.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/11/2015 16:49:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

423586

registered interest
date	23/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a clause into the conditions relating to grants made by his Department to third parties to ensure that they are not used to fund activities intended to influence (a) parliament, government or political parties, (b) the awarding or renewal of Government contracts and grants and (c) legislative or regulatory action.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	13136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Department will consider the hon. Member's representation.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/11/2015 16:53:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

421410

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the (a) award and (b) disbursement of grants made under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	11791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>The Department has interpreted the question to mean all official correspondence received since 1 October 2014. The information is attached.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/10/2015 16:47:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name Representations relating to Section 64 grant funding October 2014 to October 2015.xlsx title Section 64 grant funding representations 2014-15
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

421411

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to ensure that grants made by his Department under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 are awarded transparently.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	11792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The majority of grants made under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 are awarded through competed schemes where the assessment criteria are published. A small number of non-competed grants are also made by the Department and these are all assessed against the same criteria.</p><br /><p>The standard business case criteria includes a Strategic Case, Economic Case, Financial Case, Commercial Case and Project Governance.</p><br /><p>All grants awarded under Section 64 powers require both HM Treasury and Ministerial approval as set out in the legislation.</p><br /><p>A standard set of terms and conditions are used for all Section 64 grant awards, these have been agreed by the Departments legal team.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/10/2015 15:13:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies