§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish in the Official Report details of his current budget allocation for preventive medicine; and how far this compares as a percentage of the total National Health Service budget;
(2) if he will indicate those items which fall under the headings of preventive medicine with the particular expenditure allocations for the years 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and up to the latest date available;
(3) if he will publish figures showing how the United Kingdom compares with
EXPENDITURE (AT NOVEMBER 1974 PRICES-ENGLAND ONLY) 1971–72 1973–74 1975–76 Health visiting (including training and TB visiting) 31 33 34 Family planning (clinic services) 2 7 12 Miscellaneous preventive services (Health education, vaccination, immunisation, fluoridation and other specific preventive activities) 14 15 15
Expenditure by the Health Education Council, Which is almost wholly financed from central government funds, has been— (£ million 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 0.86 1.06 1.70* 1.04 1.76* * Included large additional allocations for national campaigns on smoking and health and family planning.