§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on campaigns on(a) skin cancer and (b) other skin damage, induced by sunlight in each of the last 10 years. [172333]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonWe have invested the following on sun awareness campaigns.
£ 1999–2000 543,000 2000–01 50,000 2001–02 126,000 2002–03 140,000 Annual figures on expenditure of sun awareness campaigns undertaken by the health education authority are not available between 1996–97 and 1998–99.
Funding of approximately £400,000 over the next three years has been approved for Cancer Research UK to run its "SunSmart" sun awareness campaign on behalf of the United Kingdom health departments, following the successful launch of "SunSmart" last year.