§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what response he has made to the request from the Health Education Council for extra resources to enable it to develop its preventive work in 1977–78.
§ Mr. EnnalsI propose to allocate an extra El million to the Health Education Council over and above its normal budget for 1977–78 as one means of reinforcing the new initiative on preventive health heralded by the consultative document "Prevention and Health—Everybody's Business" published by the four United Kingdom Health Departments in March 1976. The document seeks to encourage health service authorities and others concerned to place greater emphasis on preventive aspects in the planning of priorities and allocation of resources and to persuade the public of the importance of care by the individual for his own health. The work of the Health Education Council contributes substantially to these two objectives. New projects which the council is considering includes measures to instill more positive public attitudes to healthy habits and behaviour, a scheme to promote the training of more health education officers, and a further regional campaign on alcoholism.