§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give, for each special health authority and district health authority the expenditure on coronary heart prevention(a) in cash terms and (b) as a proportion of the total revenue budget of the authority in the manner of the February 1989 National Audit Office report.
§ Mr. FreemanI regret that the information requested is not available.
As the February 1989 NAO report explained:
Health departments are unable to estimate the extent of expenditure on the prevention of coronary heart disease because of the notoriously difficult problem of costing health promotion activities.
§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library the guidance being issued to district health authorities about the prevention of coronary disease.
§ Mr. FreemanWork is currently under way in the Department to develop guidance for regional and district health authorities on the organisation of health promotion services generally. The guidance will include specific references to coronary heart disease, building on experience from the first two years of the "Look After Your Heart" campaign, as well as other major areas of health education activity. When the guidance has been prepared, I will place it in the Library.