§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the infant and perinatal mortality rates of each EU country at the most recent available date.
§ Mr. SackvilleI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on 2 December 1993,Official Report, column 701, for the latest available information.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what analysis she has of the infant and perinatal mortality rate by socio-economic group since 1979.
§ Mr. SackvilleInfant and perinatal mortality statistics, derived from death registrations, are not available by socio-economic group. Tables by social class are published each year in the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys DH3 annual reference volume "Mortality Statistics, perinatal and infant: social and biological factors", copies of which are available in the Library.