§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report figures to show the number of deaths in Scotland with a mention of hypothermia on the death certificate for each month during 1985; and if he will do likewise for each month of 1986 so far.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information is as follows:
Deaths with any mention of hypothermia, Scotland, 1985 and 1986. 1985 11986 January 65 54 February 35 28 March 24 28 April 19 16 May 7 7 June 1 2 July 3 2 August 7 8 September 6 9 October 6 n/a November 32 n/a December 27 n/a Total 232 156 1 Provisional figures.