§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the percentage of babies born in each(a) regional health authority and (b) district health authority who weighed less than 2.5 kg at birth in the latest year for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. SackvilleThe latest year for which information is available is 1992 and was published in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys annual monitor DH3 93/1 "Infant and Perinatal Mortality 1992: RHAs and DHAs"; comparable data for 1993 will be published on 21 December 1994 in the annual monitor DH3 94/2 for 1993. Copies of the monitor will be available in the Library.