Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Monday, 9 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 May 2001. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Friday, 11 May 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much new money was spent in England on specialist advice and support for the NHS for smokers waiting to quit in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01; what the figure will be for 2001-02; and if he will reconcile these figures with those in paragraph 4.9 of the 1998 White Paper, Smoking Kills. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 30 April 3001).

Answer: Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much new money was spent in England on specialist advice and support for the NHS for smokers waiting to quit in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01; what the figure will be for 2001-02; and if he will reconcile these figures with those in paragraph 4.9 of the 1998 White Paper "Smoking Kills". [158352] Yvette Cooper: [holding answer 23 April 2001]: In "Smoking Kills" we undertook to invest up to £60 million of new money for smoking cessation services over the three years 1999-2000 to 2001-02. We expect to exceed this commitment. Investment in the sevices has been: 1999-2000: £10 million (health action zones only). 2000-01: £20 million (£10 million HAZs, £10 million non-HAZ health authorities). 2001-02: £20 million (310 million HAZs, £10 million non-HAZ Has) with an additional £3 million to provide a co-ordinator for services for pregnant services. In addition, we have made provision for health authorities to cover the cost of the recently de-blacklisted Zyban and nicotine replacement therapy, which we expect to cost between £10.5 million and £42 million per year.

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