§ Mr. Richard Pageasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases of patients in hospitals suffering food poisoning from food prepared by (a) National Health Service run butchers and (b) private catering contractors have been recorded; and, of these, how many have proved fatal for the years 1979 to 1985.
§ Mr. HayhoeI regret that the information on food poisoning cases in hospitals available from the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre does not specify who prepared the food.