HC Deb 28 January 1997 vol 289 c167W
Mr. Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is the national distribution of sufferers of the disease alpha-l-antitrypsin deficiency; and what assessment he has made of the pattern of distribution; [13079]

(2) what estimate he has made of the average lifespan of sufferers of the disease alpha-l-antitrypsin deficiency; and how this relates to the average lifespan of non-sufferers; [13078]

(3) how many consultants in Britain are specialists in the disease alpha-l-antitrypsin deficiency; [13077]

(4) how many British people suffer from the disease alpha-l-antitrypsin deficiency. [13076]

Mr. Horam

The information requested is not collected centrally.