§ Ms KellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) deaths and (b) hospital admissions have resulted from the abuse of gamma hydroxy butyrate in (a) the North West and (b) England in each of the last 10 years. [72900]
§ Ms JowellBetween 1988 and 1997, one death is mentioned on the death certificate (in 1995) as being due to the abuse of gamma hydroxy butyrate (GHB) in England, none in the North West. Figures for 1993 to 1997 are provisional.
Figures for hospital admissions from the abuse of GHB are not identified separately in the information that is available centrally.