Hansard

Departmental Advertising

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008

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Sir Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 3 April 2008, Official Report, columns 1288-90W, on departmental advertising, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the cost to his Department of public health awareness campaign advertising in the 2007-08 financial year. (230907)

Dawn Primarolo

The following table shows the advertising expenditure on public health awareness campaigns in the 2007-08 financial year.

Public health awareness advertising campaigns financial year 2007-08

£ million

Sexual Health

2.9

Smokefree Legislation

4.1

Tobacco Cessation

12.0

Flu Immunisation

1.0

Antibiotics

0.4

Hepatitis C

1.3

Respiratory and Hand Hygiene

0.4

Drugs1

0.3

Alcohol1

0.5

1 Department of Health contribution to campaign run jointly with Home Office