§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are taken at the level of district health authorities, between them, or by the Health and Safety Executive, to survey the incidence of use, and collation of the contents of information supplied by medical practitioners signing death certificates consequent to changes in those certificates under the Industrial Diseases (Notification) Act 1981.
§ Mr. SackvilleAll registered deaths, including those certified by coroners as due to an industrial disease, are statutorily drawn to the attention of the district directors of public health, under section 124 of the National Health Service Act 1977, who may analyse them as they feel appropriate.
Information concerning deaths from selected causes which may be the consequence of an industrial disease are routinely supplied to the Health and Safety Executive and analysed and published as appropriate.