§ Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the number of persons whose death was attributed directly or indirectly to electro-convulsive therapy for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. John PattenBetween 1 January 1974 and 30 September 1983 there was one death (in 1977), registered in England and Wales, assigned to electro-convulsive therapy. The extent to which electro-convulsive therapy indirectly relates to subsequent death is not known.