§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the expenditure so far in the current year by the Health Education Authority relating to(a) AIDS, (b) smoking and (c) alcohol.
§ Mr. NewtonSpecific expenditure so far has been as follows:
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£ Alcohol 144,767 Smoking 45,414 AIDS 33,722 As the hon. Member will be aware, the Health Education Authority did not assume responsibility for the Government's AIDS public education campaign until October 1987.
AIDS, smoking and alcohol also constitute substantial elements of other authority programmes, such as the family and personal health programme, young people's programme, adult and community education programme. The Department of Health and Social Security/Health Education Authority "Look After Your Heart" campaign, which highlights smoking and alcohol abuse as two of the main risk factors of coronary heart disease, is spending £2.5 million in 1987–88.
The authority's projected expenditure for the remainder of the current financial year is:
£ Alcohol 368,464 Smoking 1,052,457 AIDS 4,100,000