§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much grant has been paid to the Health Education Council to discourage smoking as the principal known cause of lung cancer in each of the last eight years and in total over that period.
§ Mr. WhitneyOver the past eight years the Health Education Council (HEC) has spent £9.8 million specifically on its anti-smoking programme, that is:
In addition, there is expenditure as part of other HEC programmes, in particular the coronary heart disease programme, which is also directed against smoking.
Year £ million 1977–78 0.2 1978–79 0.3 1979–80 0.4 1980–81 0.7 1981–82 1.1 1982–83 2.4 1983–84 2.6 1984–85 2.1