§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the Government have any plans to implement the proposal of the Select Committee on violence in marriage that there should be one refuge place per 10,000 of the population.
Table Percentage Uptake Rates: 1984, England Regional Health Authority Polio† Pertussis† Measles† Rubella‡ Tetanus† England║ 84 65 63 86 84 Northern 85 63 68 * 85 Yorkshire 85 66 68 * 85 Trent 85 68 65 * 85 East Anglian 87 72 73 * 87 North West Thames 86 68 64 * 86 North East Thames 77 59 52 * 77 South East Thames║ 84 68 60 * 85 South West Thames 83 68 66 * 84 Wessex 91 72 75 * 91 Oxford 87 73 74 * 87 South Western 88 67 71 * 88 West Midlands 82 63 59 * 82 Mersey 80 54 57 * 79 North Western 81 55 53 * 82 * Satisfactory regional estimates for rubella are not available. † The percentage of children born in 1982 who had been immunised by the end of 1984. ‡ The percentage of 14-year-old girls who had been immunised by the end of 1984. ║ Incorporates estimates for South East Kent and Tunbridge Wells health districts which failed to supply information.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of the poliomyelitis, pertussis, measles, rubella and tetanus elements of his Department's preventive medicine strategy; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneyStudies of immunisation programmes against these diseases in other countries indicate that they are highly cost-effective. We consider that these findings
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§ Mr. WhitneyEstimates of need and financial provision for refuge places are matters for local authorities which, under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, have a duty to provide accommodation for battered women with dependent children. Since the Select Committee on violence in marriage reported in 1975, the number of refuges in the United Kingdom known to the Government has risen from under 40 to some 220.