HC Deb 18 April 1983 vol 41 c28W
Rev. Ian Paisley

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the vaccination take-up rate in each year since 1972 in Northern Ireland for (a) whooping cough, (b) measles, (c) polio, (d) diphtheria and (e) tetanus vaccine.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested on vaccination take-up rates since 1972 is in the following table. The figures are expressed as a percentage of the total notified live births recorded in the child health record scheme in each year.

community-based work preparation units; and how many are in east Belfast, south Belfast, north Belfast and west Belfast, respectively.

Mr. Adam Butler

To date, 41 work preparation units have been established to serve the needs of local labour markets denoted as followsArmagh 1, Ballymena 2, Belfast 21, Coleraine 2, Cookstown 1, Craigavon 3, Downpatrick 1, Dungannon 2, Eniskillen 1, Londonderry 3, Newry 2, Omagh 1, Strabane 1. Of the 21 work preparation units which serve the Belfast labour market, 16 are in the Belfast electoral area, 2 in east Belfast, 3 in south Belfast, 3 in north Belfast and 8 in west Belfast.