Keep Warm Keep Well Campaign

HC Deb 09 February 1988 vol 127 cc187-8W

96. Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the progress to date the Keep Warm Keep Well campaign.

Mr. Scott

To the end of January, there had been approximately 5,000 calls to the "Winter Warmth" freephone line. There has been a strong demand for the campaign booklet, of which 750,000 copies have been

of sickness and invalidity benefit. In some instances local records before 1985 are not available because they have been destroyed.

Also no records are kept, by area, of the numbers in receipt of attendance allowance, invalid care allowance, mobility allowance, retirement pension, war pension and widows' benefit because these benefits are administered at the Department's central offices.

printed, from both the general public and from bodies such as community health councils. The Department is continuing to place both national and regional newspaper advertisements on the campaign, and we have provided publicity material to the television and radio organisations.