HC Deb 15 April 1993 vol 222 c700W
Mr. Eric Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how much money and resources the Lothian and Strathclyde health boards are providing for sufferers of Huntington's disease;

(2) how many cases of patients with Huntington's disease there are in Lothian and Strathclyde; and how many are in need of constant care;

(3) how many chronically ill Huntington's disease patients in constant care are in charitable institutions in Lothian and Strathclyde.

Mr. Stewart

At 31 December 1992 there were 30 patients in hospital with a diagnosis of Huntington's Chorea who were normally resident in Lothian and Strathclyde. The other information requested is not held centrally.