§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost of treatment of smoking related diseases in the National Health Service in 1987–88.268W sexpressed as a proportion of average earnings in each year from 1983–84 to the most recent available date, laid out in the same form as that given in the answer to the hon. Member for Livingston (Mr. Cook) on 18 December 1987, Official Report, column 833.
§ Mr. MellorInformation on the median level of earnings is not available centrally. Information on the mean level of earnings up to 1987–88 is set out in the table. From this date the grades of staff nurse and ward sister became obsolete.
§ Mr. MellorThe annual cost to the National Health Service of treating smoking-related diseases is estimated at about £500 million.