§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the impact of the asthma awareness campaign initiated by the Health and Safety Executive on the incidence of cases of occupational asthma. [40417]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe HSE's "Breathe Freely" campaign ran from April 1994 to April 1995. It is too early to expect to see any change in the incidence of occupational asthma, given the variable latency period associated with this disease. However, HSE will review data in the incidence of occupational asthma to see what insight they might provide into the success of the campaign.