§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the(a) infant mortality rates and (b) child mortality rates were in descending order by (i) health authority and (ii) local authority in 2000–01. [30474]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the (a) infant mortality rates and (b) child mortality rates were in descending order by (i) health authority and (ii) local authority in 2000–01. (30474)Figures are routinely compiled by calendar years. The most recent available figures are for 2000. These have been placed in the Libraries of the House.