HC Deb 07 November 1986 vol 103 c651W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the cost to public funds of Project Smoke Free; what information he has on (a) its objectives, (b) how many people it employs and on what salaries and (c) on the rateable value of its offices; and how many meetings he has had with its officers in the last year.

Mrs. Currie

Project Smoke Free is a three-year project in north-west England which commenced in June 1985 with the objectives of helping people give up smoking, encouraging schoolchildren not to take up the habit and providing more non-smoking facilities in indoor public places. The scheme, which will be fully evaluated, is funded jointly by the Health Education Council (£200,000 pa) and the North-Western regional health authority (£70,000 pa) from whose premises it is run. The project employs six people on salaries of £14,800 (1), £10,490 (1), £9,290(1), £7,040 (2) and £4,360 (1). We have not yet met the officers, but hope to do so.