§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the number of deaths of mothers and babies, respectively, in each of the years to the latest available date at Thorpe maternity hospital.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested concerning deaths of babies is not routinely analysed centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. There were no deaths assigned to maternal causes in Thorpe maternity hospital in the period 1979 to 1983.