§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will undertake a survey of all offices and agencies for which she has responsibility to ascertain to what extent staff supplying a service to the public are curtailing their work on a Friday afternoon earlier than other days of the week; and if she will make a statement on her policy on hours of staff working each work.
§ Mr. SackvilleWe do not believe that such a survey is required and are not aware of any difficulties experienced
Death rates (per 100,000 population) from (i) malignant neoplasm of the liver, ICD 155; (ii) chronic liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver, ICD 571 and (iii) other diseases of the liver, ICDs 570, 572 and 573 (i) Death from malignant neoplasm of the liver (ii) Death from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis of the liver (iii) Death from other diseases of the liver Male Female Male Female Male Female 1972 1.4 0.7 3.6 3.2 0.6 0.6 1973 1.4 0.8 3.9 3.4 0.7 0.6 1974 1.4 0.9 3.8 3.4 0.7 0.8 1975 1.5 0.8 3.8 3.6 0.6 0.7 1976 1.5 0.7 4.3 3.4 0.7 0.6 1977 1.5 0.9 4.1 3.3 0.7 0.6 1978 1.6 0.8 4.3 3.6 0.8 0.7 1979 2.4 1.3 5.0 3.9 0.8 0.7 1980 2.2 1.5 4.8 4.2 0.9 0.8 1981 2.6 1.6 4.8 4.1 1.0 0.9 1982 2.5 1.8 4.7 4.0 0.9 0.9 1983 2.5 1.6 4.6 4.2 0.7 0.8 1984 2.9 1.8 5.0 4.2 0.6 0.7 1985 2.8 1.9 5.7 4.7 0.8 0.7 1986 3.1 2.0 5.7 4.5 0.8 0.8 1987 3.0 2.0 6.1 4.7 0.7 0.8 1988 3.4 2.3 6.1 5.1 0.8 0.8 1989 3.3 2.2 6.5 5.4 0.9 0.7 1990 3.3 2.2 6.8 5.3 0.7 0.6 1991 3.5 2.5 7.0 5.2 0.7 0.5