§ 21. Mr. LivseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will increase the level of investment in health promotion and health education programmes.
§ Mr. FreemanThe importance that the Government attach to health education and health promotion is demonstrated by the increases to the Health Education Authority's budget. This stands at £28 million, nearly three times the 1986 budget of its predecessor the Health Education Council. The allocation for the coming financial year is still to be determined. In addition, health authorities spend an unquantifiable amount of their resources on a whole range of educative and promotional activity.