Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 136680 on Smoking: Health education, for what reason (a) the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and (b) his Department is unable to provide information on Public Health England.

Following the dissolution of Public Health England, the Office for Health Information and Disparities or the Department no longer have access to the detailed financial data to enable us to provide information in the format that was requested. Public Health England operated on an annual budgetary cycle which ran from April until March the following year. From the data available, the following table shows the figures on anti-smoking campaigns by the Department and its agencies in the following financial years.

Note:

1. The figures reference expenditure for advertising on television, radio, national press, regional press, out of home (outdoor), social and digital advertising.
2. All figures rounded to the nearest £10,000 and do not include VAT.
3. Recruitment advertising and media partnerships are not included. Paid search is not included.