§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by sex and by age the number of children aged 16 years and under who have been examined and diagnosed for a sexually related disease during the last year(a) in the Trent regional health authority and (b) by district health authority, showing the type of disease; and if he will make a statement.
496Wof the 1988–89 allocations, (b) if he will estimate the difference between the figure and the actual allocation given to each region for 1989–90 and (c) if he will express (c) as a percentage of (b).
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is set out in the table:
§ Mr. FreemanThe latest available data are for Trent regional health authority in 1986 for syphilis and gonorrhoea only. These are shown in the table.
Trent Regional Health Authority Age group—under 16 1986 Male Female Total Primary and secondary syphilis 0 0 0 Post-pubertal gonorrhoea 8 27 35