APPENDIX B
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL79)
Session: 80/81 Date: 27 October 1981
MP
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Government grants to voluntary organisations/sc;
Antismoking campaign
DESCRIPTION
What discussions are being held with Action
on Smoking and Health concerning the possibility of a grant from
public funds in 1982. - I shall shortly be meeting representatives
of ASH at their request.
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Government grants to voluntary organisations/sc;
Antismoking campaign
DESCRIPTION
What checks are made on how the grant from public
funds to Action on Smoking and Health is spent.
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Government grants to voluntary organisations/sc;
Antismoking campaign; Expenditure
DESCRIPTION
What public funds have been paid to Action on Smoking
and Health in each year since its inception; what is the size
of the grant in the current year; and what plans are there to
make a further grant in 1982.
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Antismoking capaign
DESCRIPTION
On how many occasions Ministers of the DHSS have
met officers of Action on Smoking and Health since May 1979.
- There have been three formal meetings at the request of ASH.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL79)
Session: 81/82 Date: 18 January 1982
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Government grants
to voluntary organisations/sc
DESCRIPTION
Whether any grant from public funds will
be paid to Action on Smoking and Health in 1982: - No application
has yet been received from ASH for a grant for 1982-83.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL79)
Session: 81/82 Date: 18 May 1982
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security.
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Government grants; Governments
grants to voluntary organisations/sc
DESCRIPTION
What public funds have been granted to Action on
Smoking and Health for the year 1982-83 - An interim payment
of #22,500 has been made pending a decision on final rate of grant
for 1982-83.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL79)
Session: 81/82 Date: 8 June 1982
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Government grants
to voluntary organisations/sc
DESCRIPTION
What criteria are governing the decision
on the final grant to Action on Smoking and Health for 1982-83;
for what purposes the interim payment of #22,500 has been made
and what accounts have been received for the grant for 1981-82.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL79)
Session: 81/82 Date: 28 July 1982
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Government grants;
Government grants to voluntary organisations/sc
DESCRIPTION
If the Secretary of State is now in a position
to announce his decision on the final grant to Action on Smoking
and Health for 1982-83. - No.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL79)
Session: 81/82 Date: 29 July 1982
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Scottish Office
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Children; Young people;
Scotland
DESCRIPTION
What steps have been taken to evaluate and
appraise the progress of anti-smoking campaigns of Scottish Health
Education Group directed towards children and young people. -
It is normal practice of group to have its campaigns evaluated
and I am kept informed of results. I see no need to change existing
arrangements.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL79)
Session: 81/82 Date: 30 July 1982
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Children; Young people;
Smoking; Health Education Council
DESCRIPTION
To take steps to evaluate and appraise the
anti-smoking campaigns of the Health Education Council which are
directed to children and young people.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL79)
Session: 81/82 Date: 28 October 1982
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
DESCRIPTION
Government grant to "Action on Smoking
and Health"
MP OR PEER
Brown/MR (Brigg and Scunthorpe)
ANSWERING
DEPARTMENT
Treasury
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Civil servants; Costs
DESCRIPTION
What is cost to public funds of the programme
to dissuade civil servants from smoking; what advice or instructions
have been given to civil servants about smoking; for what purpose;
and if any steps have been taken to ensure such advice or instructions
are observed.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 85/86 Date: 26 November 1985
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; Health Education Council; Antismoking
campaign/sc; Opinion surveys/sc
DESCRIPTION
To place in the Library a copy of the National
Opinion Poll survey by the Health Education Council on the effectiveness
of national no smoking day, 1985.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 85/86 Date: 2 December 1985
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Nurses; Recruitment/sc; Smoking
DESCRIPTION
If there are any plans to introduce a policy
of recruiting only non-smokers in the nursing profession - No.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 85/86 Date: 6 December 1985
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security.
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; Antismoking campaign; Health education/sc;
Health Education Council; Government grants
DESCRIPTION
If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the
funding of both Action on Smoking and Health and the Health Education
Council campaign against smoking represents the most effective
use of resources available to advertise the health risks of smoking.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL 83)
Session: 85/86 Date: 20 December 1985
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; Government grants; Antismoking
campaign
DESCRIPTION
What criteria are used for deciding the
level of funding to Action on Smoking and Health. - Reference
to 87 c599-600W.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Health Education Council; Civil servants/sc; Department
of Health and Social Security; Costs
DESCRIPTION
How many officials in the DHSS liaise with the Health
Education Council and Action on Smoking and Health; and what
is the cost per annum.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Smoking; Government grants; Antismoking campaign
DESCRIPTION
When a grant application for funds for 1986-87 from
Action on Smoking and Health is expected, and to place a copy
of the application in the Library.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 85/86 Date: 13 January 1986
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; Recruitment/sc; NHS; Employment
discrimination/sc
DESCRIPTION
If there are any plans to take steps to
introduce a policy of recruiting only non-smokers in NHS - No.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Smoking; Antismoking campaign; NHS; Public buildings
DESCRIPTION
To give organisations which have made representations
to Department requesting further restrictions on smoking on NHS
premises, further restrictions on smoking in public places and
banning smoking altogether; what was his reply in each case.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Smoking; NHS; Hospitals; Departmental circulars/sc;
Department of Health and Social Security
DESCRIPTION
If Secretary of State has any plans to revise DHSS
circular HC(85)22 relating to restrictions on smoking on NHS
premises.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 85/86 Date: 27 February 1986
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION; Government
grants; Antismoking campaign
DESCRIPTION
What grants the DHSS makes available to
the World Health Organisation; what proportion has been spent
on anti-smoking campaigns and to give figures for the last five
years.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 85/86 Date: 22 July 1986
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Health Education Council; Smoking; Expenditure/sc;
Health education/sc; Publicity/sc
DESCRIPTION
What representations have been received
concerning passive smoking; what medical evidence is available
on effects of passive smoking; cost to public funds of Health
Education Councils campaign on passive smoking.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 86/87 Date: 27 November 1986
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Scottish Office
SUBJECT INDEX
Health Education/sc; Diet and disease; Smoking;
Alcoholism; Viral diseases/sc
DESCRIPTION
To give details of expenditure for current
year by Scottish health education group on smoking, alcohol, diet
and AIDS - includes table.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
DESCRIPTION
To give details of expenditure undertaken by each
of regional health authorities on smoking, alcohol, diet and
AIDS - Deferred.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Health Education Council; Smoking; Alcoholism; Diet
and disease; Manpower; Viral diseases/sc
DESCRIPTION
How many members of staff of the Health Education
Council are employed on projects concerned with smoking, alcohol,
diet and AIDS.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Government grants
DESCRIPTION
Questions on government grants to Action on Smoking
and Health and proportion of budget from voluntary and private
sources.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Smoking; Government grants/sc; Health Education;
Antismoking campaign
DESCRIPTION
In view of recent reassessment of priorities for
health education spending, whether the Health Education Council
will continue to fund National No Smoking Day 1987 - Yes.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 86/87 Date: 1 December 1986
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Health Education Council; Health education;
Expenditure; Smoking; Alcoholic drinks; Alcoholism; Diet and
disease; Diets
DESCRIPTION
What information is there on what Health
Education Council is spending in the current, and planning to
spend in the next, financial year on smoking, alcohol, diet and
AIDS; and whether Council's current order of priorities is satisfactory
- includes table.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Regional health authorities; Smoking; Alcoholic
drinks; Alcoholism; Diet and disease; Diets; Expenditure
DESCRIPTION
(Pursuant to 106 c359W), to give details of expenditure
undertaken by each of the regional health authorities on: smoking,
alcohol, diet and AIDS.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL83)
Session: 86/87 Date: 18 December 1986
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Publicity/sc; Smoking; Costs; Expenditure
DESCRIPTION
What will be cost to public funds of supporting
National No Smoking Day 1987.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL87)
Session: 87/88 Date: 24 July 1987
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Scottish Office
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; Antismoking campaign; Government
grants
DESCRIPTION
What grant is currently paid by SO to Action
on Smoking and Health in current year; what grant will be paid
in succeeding year and when Secretary of State last had a meeting
with organisations officers.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Scottish Office
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; Antismoking campaign; Government grants;
Finance
DESCRIPTION
What plans there are to transfer funding of Action
on Smoking and Health from public to private sources - No such
plans at present.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Smoking; Antismoking campaign; Government grants
DESCRIPTION
What grant is currently paid by DHSS to Action on
Smoking and Health in current year; what grant will be paid in
succeeding year and when Secretary of State last had a meeting
with organisations officers.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Smoking; Antismoking campaign; Finance; Expenditure
DESCRIPTION
What proportion of current budget of Health Education
Authorities devoted to campaigns against smoking tobacco.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Smoking; Antismoking campaign; Government grants;
Private sector; Finance
DESCRIPTION
What plans are there to transfer funding of Action
on Smoking and Health from public to private sources.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL87)
Session: 87/88 Date: 19 November 1987
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; Health hazards/sc; International
conferences/sc; Costs; Civil servants/sc; Civil servants visits
abroad/sc; Air trave
DESCRIPTION
Questions on the 6th World Conference on
smoking and health in Tokyo, with particular reference to the
cost of Government participation and of the attendance of Messrs.
Neville Teller, Jeffrey Graham and Donald Reid. Includes reference
to Cmnd 9917. (Holding answer 18 November 1987).
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL87)
Session: 87/88 Date: 16 December 1987
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Northern Ireland Office
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Smoking; Costs
DESCRIPTION
What will be the cost to public funds of
National No-Smoking Day 1988. - #2,850 MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Scottish Office
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign/sc;Costs
DESCRIPTION
What will be cost to public funds of National
No-Smoking Day 1988 - Scottish Health Education Group has allocated
#10,000.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL87)
Session: 87/88 Date: 17 December 1987
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Health education/sc; Smoking; Antismoking
campaign/sc; Costs
DESCRIPTION
What will be the cost to public funds of
National No-Smoking Day 1988.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Health; Smoking; Health hazards/sc
DESCRIPTION
When Secretary of State expects to publish the Froggatt
committee report on smoking and health.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Health education; Smoking; Antismoking campaign;
Government assistance
DESCRIPTION
What financial support DHSS gave to World Non-Smokers
Day on 17 November 1987. - None.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL87)
Session: 87/88 Date: 13 January 1988
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Health education/sc; Smoking; Antismoking
campaign; Public relations/sc; Companies; Contracts/sc; Consultants/sc
DESCRIPTION
Questions about the Health Education Authority
contract for the promotion of National No Smoking Day - how many
years has Peter E Firth and Co. had the contract, what are the
fees and expenses for 1988 and how many companies were invited
to tender.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL87)
Session: 87/88 Date: 23 March 1988
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Health; Smoking; Health hazards/sc
DESCRIPTION
(Pursuant to 124 c703W) statement on publication
of Froggatt committee report on smoking and health - (Copies
of report in Library) (Dep 3763).
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION (PARL87)
Session: 87/88 Date: 30 March 1988
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT INDEX
Smoking; Tobacco; Health hazards/sc
DESCRIPTION
What medical evidence is available re comparative
health risks of smoking cigarettes and ingesting oral tobacco
products; and to break down this evidence as between the different
forms of health risks. - Ref to 130 c153-4.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health and Social Security
SUBJECT
INDEX
Tobacco; Smoking; Health hazards/sc
DESCRIPTION
What steps Government now propose to take in the
light of the publication of the Froggatt report on passive smoking
to persuade smokers to change to alternative methods of ingesting
tobacco.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS (PARL87)
Session: 88/89 Date: 20 December 1988
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Government grants;
Finance; Expenditure; Costs; Smoking
DESCRIPTION
What is current balance between public and
private funding of ASH and if any plans to encourage organisation
to increase its funding from private and voluntary sources; what
is cost to publish funds of ASH in current financial year and
what grants are proposed in 1989-90; what evaluation of effectiveness
of Department of Health grant to ASH there has been since such
grants were made available.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Health education; Publicity/sc;
Smoking
DESCRIPTION
What steps Department of Health is taking to monitor
effectiveness of Health Education Authority's campaigns against
smoking.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Health education; Expenditure;
Smoking
DESCRIPTION
What is total expenditure by Health Education Authority
on anti-smoking campaigns in current financial year and what
expenditure it intends to make on campaigns in this area in 1989-90.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Health education; Expenditure;
Smoking
DESCRIPTION
What percentage of Health Education Authority's
budget is spent on anti-smoking campaigns in current financial
year and how this is expected to change in 1989-90.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Expenditure; Health education;
Smoking
DESCRIPTION
What expenditure Department of Health makes on anti-smoking
campaigns other than in grants to ASH and Health Education Authority
in current year and what expenditure is planned in this area in
1989-90.
MP OR PEER
Brown/Michael
ANSWERING DEPARTMENT
Department of Health
SUBJECT INDEX
Antismoking campaign; Costs; Smoking
DESCRIPTION
What will be cost to public funds of national no
smoking day 1989.
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