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Written question asked by Siobhain McDonagh (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 May 2000. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 May 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls were made to the new helpline for smokers between 10th December 1999 and 11th February 2000. - Inc figure.
Answer

Siobhain McDonagh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many calls were made to the new helpline for smokers between 10 December 1999 and 11 February 2000. [113837] Yvette Cooper: 70,480 calls were answered by the frontscreen service in the specified period. This includes hang-ups, hoaxes and trials, but does not include short-calls lost in the British Telecom system.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
113837; 349 c335W
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Advisory services Telephone services Smoking
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk