§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown by region and by date of each reported case of acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the United Kingdom over the last two years.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe available information is as follows:
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1st quarter 1983
2nd quarter 1983
3rd quarter 1983
4th quarter 1983
1st quarter 1984
2nd quarter 1984
3rd quarter 1984
4th quarter (to 14 November) 1984
London 3 4 4 4 11 9 24 6 South coast — — 2 1 1 — 2 1 Bristol — — 1 — — — — — Cardiff — 1 1 — — — — — North West — 1 1 — — — 1 1 Mersey — — 1 — — 1 — — Oxford 1 — — 1 — — — — South West — — — — — — 1 — Northern — — — — — 1 — — Scotland — — — — — — 2 1 Source:
Public Health Laboratory Service: Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has concerning the expenditure upon and allocation of personnel to the treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome sufferers in the United Kingdom by the National Health Service.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe do not collect information from health authorities which would enable us to identify the allocation of NHS resources specifically devoted to the treatment of AIDS.