In the past 10 years, the Department has paid Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) a total of £16,016.40 in non-grant funding for help in implementing additional strategies targeted at tackling health inequalities.<\/p>
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Grant funding has also been given to ASH as in the attached table <\/ins> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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follows<\/del>. Any payment to ASH in respect of activity for 2017-18 will depend upon the outcome of a competitive process to secure support for delivery of the Tobacco Control Plan. <\/ins>The Department\u2019s financial records do not provide the level of detail to confirm whether funding was made under the legal power Section 64 of the Health and Public Services Act 1968 for all of this period. However, local records can confirm only<\/ins> Section 64 has been used since the financial year 2012/13.<\/p>