§ Mr. Terry Davisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of acquired immune 281W deficiency syndrome have been reported (a) in Birmingham and (b) in the rest of the west midlands region from January 1980 to the most recent date for which this information is available.
§ Mr. HayhoeUp to the end of March 1986, 328 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome had been reported to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre. These may be broken down into geographical areas as follows:
Number Thames Regions 264 Wessex and S. Western 21 Other Regions: Midlands and the North 29 Wales 6 Scotland 6 N. Ireland 2 It is not possible to provide a more detailed breakdown of the location of these cases without endangering patient confidentiality.