HC Deb 30 November 1987 vol 123 c384W
Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his answer of 5 November,Official Report, columns 183–4, he will give the most up-to-date figures for the numbers of hypothermia and cold-related deaths in Scotland in 1987; and if he has final figures for 1986.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The provisional figure for the number of deaths from hypothermia in Scotland in 1987 up to the end of October is 127. The final figure for 1986 is 209.