§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the total Department of Health budget for smoking and drug addiction among children in each of the last five years. [3764]
§ Mr. BowisThe tables show the amounts spent by the Health Education Authority, on behalf of the Department of Health, on teenage anti-smoking programmes over the last five years, funding provided to health authorities for drug misuse services and expenditure on drug and solvent publicity for all age ranges. Activities relating to smoking and drug addiction among children are also included within other programmes undertaken by the Department of Health, the Health Education Authority and health authorities but specific costings are not available.
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Funding for HEA's teenage smoking programme Financial year Amount spent on teenage smoking work £ 1991–92 £1,746,000 1992–93 752,000 1993–94 864,000 1994–95 863,000 1995–96 880,000
Funding for drug misuse services Financial year Funding to health authorities to provide treatment services for drug misusers £ Million 1991–92 16.999 1992–93 20.043 1993–94 24.371 1994–95 25 .498 1995–96 26.748 In addition, £1 million has been provided in 1995–96 specifically to develop services for young people at risk from drug misuse.
Drug and solvent publicity Year £ 1991–92 3,924,413 1992–93 4,965,023 1993–94 5,296,284
Notifications of meningitis and meningococcal menningitis in West Yorkshire, by local authority districts, 1990–94 1990 1991 1992 1993 11994 All meningitis Meningococcal All menigitis Meningococcal All meningitis Menigococcal All meningitis Menigococcal All meningitis Menigococcal Bradford 35 13 74 18 31 13 19 11 16 5 Calderdale 10 9 12 6 5 2 7 4 6 3 Kirkless 20 8 14 2 19 10 19 10 20 11 Leeds 43 12 55 9 41 12 24 11 30 16 Wakefield 29 7 30 8 18 6 15 6 13 3 11994 figures are provisional. Information is not available at district health authority level.