§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of deaths resulting from asbestosis in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency for the periods 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87.
Mrs. Currie There have been no deaths registered to usual residents of the Crewe and Nantwich parliamentary constituency (1983 boundaries) with an underlying cause of death of asbestosis from mid-1981 to mid-1986. Statistics for underlying cause of death are not yet available for the period mid-1986 to mid-1987. There have been a number of deaths registered where asbestosis was mentioned on the death certificate, but was not the underlying cause of death, and details of these are given in the table.
Number of deaths to usual residents of Crewe and Nantwich parliamentary constituency (1983 boundaries) with any mention of asbestosis on the death certificate mid-1986 to mid-1986 Period Number of deaths mid-1981 to mid-1982 2 mid-1982 to mid-1983 3 mid-1983 to mid-1984 2 mid-1984 to mid-1985 1 mid-1985 to mid-1986 3