HC Deb 25 February 1981 vol 999 cc392-3W
Mr. Hordern

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many insulin-dependent diabetics there are in England now and in each of the last five years.

Sir George Young

There are no central statistics of the number of diabetics requiring insulin in England, but I understand that the British Diabetic Association has estimated that there are some 200,000 in Great Britain as a whole.