Select Committee on Standards and Privileges First Report

APPENDIX 60 - Continued

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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