Written question asked by Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) on Friday, 21 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 April 2003. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 April 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent efforts his Department has made to publicise the availability of sun safety advice and information; how much money his Department has allocated to sun awareness campaigns in each year from 2003 to 2007; whether guidance has been issued to schools on how to protect school children from the sun. - Inc figure and ref to www.doh.gov.uk/sunsafe and www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/teaching/sun/intro.html.

Answer: Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent efforts his Department has made to publicise the availability of sun safety advice and information; [105058] (2) how much money his Department has allocated to sun awareness campaigns in each year from 2003 to 2007; [105057] (3) whether guidance has been issued to schools on how to protect school children from the sun. [105059] Ms Blears: A new sun awareness initiative, "SunSmart", was launched on 27 March by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to make the public aware of the dangers of exposure to the sun. The campaign is based on the successful "SunSmart" campaign in Australia. The campaign has received funding of £120,000 from the United Kingdom Health Departments this year. We will evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign later in the year, with a view to deciding on future funding and campaigns.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 402 c693-4W;402 c694-5W; 105058;105057;105059
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Cancer Finance Health education Protection Publicity Schools Safety Skin cancer
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk