"The Health of the Nation"

HC Deb 29 June 1993 vol 227 cc419-20W

Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the cost to public funds of(a) publication, (b) conferences, (c) staff and (d) press liaison costs in connection with the paper. "The Health of the Nation".

Mr. Sackville

Total costs of publicity and communications in connection with "The Health of the Nation" Green and White Papers are shown in the table:

Year	£'000s
1991–92	1,005
1992–93	2,680
1993–94	11,710
1 budget estimate.

This includes conference costs of £230,641 for 1991–92 and £568,885 for 1992–93.

"The Health of the Nation" is an integral part of the work of the Department and the national health service. For this reason, it is not possible to separately identify staff and press liaison costs.