Smoking: Health Services

Ms Barlow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds have been made available for smoking cessation programmes; and how the allocations to individual funds are determined. (155948)

The total funding allocation for the NHS Stop Smoking Services is set out in the following table.

*Financial allocations to the NHS for stop smoking services*
	£ million
1979-98	0
1998-99	0
1999-2000	10 (HAZs only)
2000-01	20 (10 HAZs, 10 Has)
2001-02	¹23 (10 HAZ, 10 Has)
2002-03	¹23
2003-04	41
2004-05	46
2005-06	51
2006-07	²56
2007-08	²56
HAZ= Health action zones. ¹ £3 million in 2001-02 and 2002-03 for smoking in pregnancy initiative. ² Including additional £5 million heavily weighted towards spearhead PCTs.

The 2006-07 and 2007-08 revenue allocations to Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) separately identify £211 million in 2006-07 and £342 million in 2007-08, around half of the £1 billion promised, to support implementation of the Choosing Health White Paper. For the two years covered by this allocation, a total of £10 million has been identified nationally to invest in the NHS Stop Smoking Services initiative.

Funding to support the NHS Stop Smoking Services has been allocated to PCTs on a weighted capitation basis, with the majority of the funding directed towards Spearhead PCTs.

Information on individual PCT allocations has been placed in the Library and is available at:

www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/OrganisationPolicy/FinanceAndPlanning/Allocations/AllocationsArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4104471&chk=kDkAyL

Volume 464: debated on Tuesday 9 October 2007