Written question asked by Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 3 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 December 2003. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 15 December 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish guidelines for primary care trusts on collection of statistics on breastfeeding. - (Holding answer 8 December 2003).

Answer: Mrs. Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish guidelines for primary care trusts on collection of statistics on breastfeeding. [142298] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 8 December 2003]: Guidelines for primary care trusts on the collection of statistics on breastfeeding initiation were made available to national health service staff on 28 November 2003 via the Department of Health's data collection website.

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