§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proposals he now has for increasing the effectiveness of health education.
§ Sir George YoungThe Department has just published "Care in Action", a handbook of policies and priorities in the health and personal social services, which emphasises the important part that health education plays in preventing ill health. Ministers will continue to take every opportunity to emphasise this in the future.
The Health Education Council has been provided with additional funds of £500,000 this year, which will be increased to £1 million in 1981–82, for a new anti-smoking initiative specially directed at children.