§ Mr. Burtasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, for each of the statistical bulletins published by his Department, the title, date of publication, subject matter, number of pages, number distributed free of charge, and number sold and at what price.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information is as follows. The sales figures given are numbers sold up to 30 May 1986:
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So far sold at £1: 153 Statistical Bulletin No. 3/85 Title: New cases of sexually transmitted diseases seen at NHS clinics in England 1973-1983. Published: May 1985 Subject matter: Summarised information, giving trends in new cases of sexually transmitted diseases seen at NHS genito-urinary medicine clinics in England. Information is available by sex, broad age group and condition. Number of Pages: 17 Number distributed free of charge to government and NHS users: 250 (approximately) So far sold at £1: 116 Statistical Bulletin No. 4/85 Title: Mental illness hospitals and units in England: Drug misuse statistics 1979-1983. Published: August 1985 Subject matter: For NHS mental illness hospitals and units, analyses of admissions and discharges of people with a drug-related main diagnosis; also contains figures on drug addiction out-patient clinics. Number of Pages: 12 Number distributed free of charge to government and NHS users: 300 (approximately) So far sold at £1: 107 Statistical Bulletin No.5/85 Title: NHS hospital activity statistics England 1974-84. Published: September 1985 Subject matter: Analysis by sector, of in-patient cases, day cases, out-patient and accident and emergency services, giving trends in numbers of cases, bed availability, duration of stay and other indicators over the decade. Number of Pages: 24 Number distributed free of charge to government and NHS users: 350 (approximately) So far sold at £1: 124 Statistical Bulletin No. 6/85 Title: Mental illness hospital and units in England: Results from the Mental Health Enquiry 1984. Published: December 1985 Subject matter: For NHS mental illness hospitals and units, analyses of admissions, discharges and resident patients. Comparisons of 1984 figures with those for earlier years from 1974 onwards. Number of Pages: 16 Number distributed free of charge to government and NHS users: 300 (approximately) So far sold at £1: 43 Statistical Bulletin No. 7/85 Title: Mental handicap hospitals and units in England: Results from the Mental Health Enquiry 1984. Published: December 1985 Subject matter: For NHS mental handicap hospitals and units, analyses of admissions, discharges and resident patients. Comparisons of 1984 figures with those for earlier years from 1974 onwards. Number of Pages: 12 Number distributed free of charge to government and NHS users: 350 (approximately) So far sold at £1: 39