HC Deb 22 January 1992 vol 202 cc227-8W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of food poisoning have been notified in each year since 1980; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dorrell

The total number of cases of food poisoning notified to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for England and Wales, since 1980 is as follows:

Year Total cases
1980 10,318
1981 9,936
1982 14,253
1983 17,735
1984 20,702
1985 19,242
1986 23,948
1987 29,331
1988 39,713
1989 52,557
1990 52,145
1991 153,881
1Provisional.