HC Deb 16 December 2003 vol 415 c893W
Chris Grayling

To 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 Johnson

The 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.