asked the Minister for Health the money that has been spent by his Department and the Health Education Bureau on the publicity campaign to encourage parents to have their children vaccinated against whooping cough with the 3 in 1 vaccine; and the total sum allocated for this purpose.
Written Answers. - Whooping Cough Vaccination.
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The cost of the Health Education Bureau's programme on vaccination and immunisation in 1982-83 was £80,000.
The sum of £90,000 has provisionally been allocated in respect of the programme for 1984.
The Department of Health have not incurred any direct expenditure on the programme.