HC Deb 19 May 1980 vol 985 cc2-3W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the aggregate cost to public funds of the inquiry he is to commission into smoking habits.

Sir George Young

I am advised by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys that a number of decisions affecting the cost of the new survey on attitudes to smoking have still to be taken and a precise figure cannot yet be given. It is, however, expected that the total cost of the survey will be in the region of £200,000.