HC Deb 11 February 1985 vol 73 c77W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of venereal disease in girls under the age of 16 years have been reported in each year since 1979.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The available information is given in the table. Information on the age of patients is not available for sexually transmitted diseases other than the two listed.

Year Primary and secondary syphillis Post pubertal gonorrhoea
1979 2 303
1980 3 305
1981 — 265
1982 4 314
1983 — 199