§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to publish the evaluation study of the first five years of Heartbeat Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 24 February 1992]The Heartbeat Wales programme is a multi-faceted project. Its evaluation is a complex process and is being undertaken in separate stages. The Health Promotion Authority for Wales—HPAW—published a technical report on "Recent Trends in Lifestyles in Wales 1985–1990" in February 1992 and compares 1985, 1988 and 1990 date on diet, smoking, alcohol, exercise weight and obesity by age and sex. The authority expects to publish two further technical reports in March 1992 examining changes in lifestyle by social class and sex, and by health authority district and sex.
By March 1993, the HPAW plans to publish a further four technical reports summarising community survey data and one technical report on clinical survey data. The final evaluation report is expected to be available by early summer 1993.
I am placing a copy of the February report in the Library of the House, and have arranged for copies of future reports to be placed similarly.