HC Deb 23 November 2000 vol 357 c275W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral statement of 14 November 2000,Official Report, columns 805–08, on resources and priorities for the NHS, what additional revenue was received by the NHS as a result of increases in tobacco duty in the Budget. [138825]

Mr. Denham

The Budget contained new money for the National Health Service for 2000–01 and the following three years. For the NHS in England the Budget confirmed the extra £250 million from tobacco revenues and provided a further –1.4 billion new money.

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