§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has of the numbers of (a) hospital admissions and (b) deaths as a result of exposure arising from sleeping rough in London since the beginning of 1985.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1985, c. 354]: Information on the number of hospital admissions as a result of exposure in London since the beginning of 1985 is not available centrally. The hon. Member may wish to write to the chairman of the North-West Thames, North-East Thames, South-East Thames and the South-West Thames regional health authorities who may be able to provide the information on hospital admissions. As regards deaths, information available from cause-of-death certificates does not provide a count of those dying from exposure arising from sleeping rough in London.