§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give(a) the infant mortality rate for the Glanford and Scunthorpe constituency for each of the years 1986 to 1989 and (b) the comparable national and regional rates.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is shown in the table.
Infant mortality1 rates for 1986–88 Area of usual residence 1986 1987 19883 England and Wales 9.6 9.2 9.0 Yorkshire and Humberside region 10.5 9.9 9.3 Glanford and Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency2 12.5 11.7 9.4 1 Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 livebirths. 2 Comprising Scunthorpe county district together with the following wards of Glanford county district: North West, Winterton, Darton upon Stather, Gunness, Meassingham, Bottesford West, Broughton, Bottesford Central, Bottesford East, and Trentside. 3 Provisional.