§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by year to date, and by health authority, the number of incidences of childhood leukaemia that have been reported following the Chernobyl accident; and what was the reported number of incidences in 1980 and 1986.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe numbers of cases of leukaemia recorded in children in the 0 to 14 age group in Scotland, analysed by health board of residence in the years 1980, 1986 and 1987, are shown in the following table. 1987 is the latest year for which cancer registration in Scotland is complete.
Health Board 1980 1986 1987 Argyll and Clyde 4 4 6 Ayrshire and Arran 2 1 4 Borders 1 0 0 Dumfries and Galloway 1 0 0 Fife 3 2 7 Forth Valley 4 1 3 Grampian 3 5 2 Greater Glasgow 12 11 9 Highland 3 1 0 Lanarkshire 5 1 5 Lothian 6 6 9 Orkney 0 0 0 Shetland 0 0 0 Tayside 7 0 5 Western Isles 0 0 1 Scotland 51 32 51