HC Deb 29 November 1983 vol 49 cc466-7W
Mr. Lawler

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many fatalities related to solvent abuse have been recorded since 1971 in (a) Bradford and (b) west Yorkshire.

Mr. John Patten

Exact figures of deaths associated with solvent abuse are not available, but since 1971 there have been two deaths in Bradford and seven deaths elsewhere in west Yorkshire where solvent abuse may have been involved.