PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Smoking: Health Education (18 April 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2018-19; and what funding has been allocated to such campaigns in 2019-20.

Asked by:
Bob Blackman (Conservative)

Expenditure on smoking cessation advertising media by Public Health England in 2018-19 was £2.5 million. Figures are net (rounded to nearest £10,000) and exclude Value Added Tax.

Media spend includes expenditure for advertising on television, radio, national press, regional press, out of home (outdoor), cinema and digital. Recruitment advertising and media partnerships are not included.

The funding allocation for 2019/20 is yet to be agreed.

Answered by:
Seema Kennedy (Conservative)
30 April 2019