§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what public funds are paid to the Scottish Health Education Group in the current financial year and for each year since 1979;
(2) what proportion of the budget of the Scottish Health Education Group is spent on campaigns to restrict smoking;
(3) what role the Scottish Health Education Group will be playing in the National No Smoking Day campaign 1985; and whether funds paid to the Group will be spent on this campaign.
§ Mr. John MacKayExpenditure by the Scottish Health Group since 1979–80 is shown in the following table:
Financial year SHEG Expenditure £000 1979–80 1,252 1980–81 1,540 1981–82 1,889 1982–83 2,136 1983–84 2,386 1984–85 *2,802 * Estimate. In the current financial year approximately £302,000 — or 10.7 per cent. will be spent by the group on publicity campaigns to restrict smoking. Out of that sum the group has, in its capacity as a sponsoring body, made an initial payment of £1,500 to the National No Smoking Day Campaign 1985 and plans to spend a further £20,000 to promote the campaign in Scotland. The focus of the
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