§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the National Health Service budget is expended on environmental illness.
§ Mrs. CurrieI regret that we do not record National Health Service expenditure in a form which readily identifies and allocates costs to the primary causes of individual illnesses.
§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on the growing provision for environmental illness in the private sector of medicine.
§ Mrs. CurrieIt is not clear what the hon. Member means by "environmental illness". We understand that there are now some 200 clinics offering health screening, occupational health, allergy treatment and similar services. We welcome good quality services developed in response to public demand.