To ask the Secretary of State for Health at what cost the Wet, Soap, Wash, Rinse, Dry poster, gateway reference 7562, posted to her Department's website on 19 December 2006, was developed; how many posters will be published; and at what total cost to the public purse. (114987)

50,000 copies of the poster were designed, printed and disseminated at a total cost of £30,000.

The poster was mailed to health centres, general practitioner surgeries, health promotion and health protection units, pharmacies, NHS Direct call centres, NHS walk-in centres, accident and emergency units and to consultants in communicable disease control. It was also cascaded to a wide range of communication leads within strategic health authorities and primary care trusts and made available as a downloadable resource on a range of websites.