§ Mr. Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out the current remit of the Health Education Authority.
§ Mr. MellorThe remit of the Health Education Authority is set out in its establishment and constitution order. The authority's main tasks are to advise my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Health on health education matters and to undertake programmes of health education in England, except for AIDS public education, which is on a United Kingdom-wide basis.
§ Mr. Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance has been given by his Department to the Health Education Authority on strategic and operational planning for health education programmes for elderly people;
(2) what particular responsibility the Health Education Authority has for the promotion and support of health education programmes for elderly people.
§ Mr. MellorThe Health Education Authority has no responsibility to provide health education for any specific age group. The planning guidelines issued by the Department of Health to the Health Education Authority ask that the Health education needs of elderly people be taken into account in the authority's forward plans which are currently being developed.