§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths of children were caused or partially caused by steroids in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. SackvilleIn the last five years one report of a fatality in a child has been received by the Committee on Safety of Medicines, through the United Kingdom's voluntary spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting scheme, in association with corticosteroid therapy. The receipt of a report does not necessarily indicate that a specific drug caused the reaction, as many other factors may have contributed.