Dear Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council,

I am writing to request the following:
a) The specific total amount of funding attributed via the CCG towards various programmes or schemes to tackle individual public health concerns in terms of the prevention, treatment or management of disease in the spending year 2013/14. Where this spend goes over multiple categories (for example physical activity and weight management) please attribute the spend to the correct category as appropriate where this is possible. Where there is £0 spend, please confirm this.

I would like to request this spend for the following categories:
• Physical activity
• Obesity
• Sexual Health
• Drug misuse
• Alcohol misuse

b) A simple yes or no answer is requested to the following question: Is the recommendation or prescribing of ‘physical activity’ specifically included within the care pathways for the treatment of the following conditions within the CCG? Where the answer for ‘physical activity’ the answer given is “yes”, please provide appropriate evidence to verify that this is the case.
• Diabetes
• Stroke
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Hypertension
• Depression

Yours faithfully,

Jack Stanson