§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he has spent distributing pedometers to primary care trusts in areas of high deprivation. [144569]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Department of Health is contributing £27,000 out of a total budget of £85,000 for this initiative which will distribute 10,000 Step-O-Meters to general practitioner practices in areas of high deprivation and where there is a high rate of coronary heart disease. Other funding partners are The Countryside Agency and The British Heart Foundation.