HC Deb 02 March 2004 vol 418 c886W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed in London in each year since 1995. [155093]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 23 February 2004]: The information requested is shown in the table.

Data on tuberculosis notifications are available from the Health Protection Agency at http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/tb/epidemiology/table5.htm.

Tuberculosis notifications in London
1995 2,042
1996 2,190
1997 2,411
1998 2,444
1999 2,493
2000 2,834
2001 2,886
2002 2,850