HC Deb 05 July 1994 vol 246 c190W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were notified as having tuberculosis in 1990, 1991 and 1992; and how many in each year were from areas where health authorities stopped the school immunisation programme.

Mr. Sackville

The number of children between the ages of nought and 19 who contracted tuberculosis were:

Number
1990 569
1991 631
1992 706

District health authorities are responsible for the schools' BCG immunisation programme.