§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is his estimate of the number of individuals suffering from asthma in each of the past five years for each Scottish health board area;
(2) what is the estimate for the number of individuals under the age of 18 years suffering from asthama in each of the past five years in each Scottish health board area.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information required to answer these questions is not centrally available.
§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of deaths from asthma for each year since 1990 in each Scottish health board area.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is given in the table:
Deaths from asthma, Scotland, 1990–93 Health Board Area 1990 1991 1992 1993 Scotland 148 161 115 129 Argyll & Clyde 9 11 4 9 Ayrshire & Arran 19 24 15 12 Borders 8 3 5 6 Dumfries & Galloway 4 3 3 3 Fife 9 11 5 9 Forth Valley 8 9 10 5 Grampian 19 19 16 7 Greater Glasgow 24 20 16 24 Highland 3 10 4 8 Lanarkshire 10 9 9 8 Lothian 18 24 17 26 Orkney 2 2 1 1 Shetland 1 — — 1 Tayside 13 15 10 10 Western Isles 1 1 — —