§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many cases of hepatitis B were treated in each of the health authorities of Wales in each year since 1980; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesInformation available from hospital activity analysis data, given in the following table, relates to the number of discharges and deaths from NHS hospitals in each health authority with a recorded diagnosis of hepatitis B. These data relate only to cases for which patients were treated as in-patients or day cases in hospital. Most cases of hepatitis B, however, are managed in the community and do not involve an admission to hospital. Information on the number of cases managed in the community is not identifiable from centrally held data.
3 A new definition of current expenditure was introduced in 1990–91 and this figure is not therefore strictly comparable to those for earlier years.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were employed in the maintenance of rural roads in Wales in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe information requested is not available centrally.