Excitations of one or both atoms to either a 2¹P or 3¹P state are considered along with the example of a mixed (2¹P, 3¹P) transition. Correlation effects were found to be most important when both atoms were excited, the cross sections being reduced by about a quarter at low impact energies. For the description of angular correlation within He (1¹S), configurations based on p orbitals were always the most significant thus reflecting the symmetry of the excited states. A brief comment is made regarding the elastic cross sections at large impact energies.