§ Mr. George RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 16 March,Official Report, column 738, how many people have died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease between April 1993 and May 1994; and if he will list in each case the names of the deceased and the location of death and the duration of the illness; and whether the procurator fiscal has made a decision as to whether there should be a fatal accident inquiry.
§ Mr. LangThe number of people in Scotland who have died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease between April 1993 and April 1994 is as follows. The figure for May 1994 is not yet available.
462Wfor Adoption and Fostering which are grant aided by the Government and which have an important national role to play in the development of adoption services.
§ Mr. George RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many adoptions were arranged in the last five years by:(a) voluntary organisations, (b) local authorities and (c) in total;
(2) what assessment his Department has made of the ability of voluntary organisations to arrange adoptions at current levels.
§ Mr. LangThe numbers of adoption applications made to Scottish courts in the five years to 1992 are as follows:
Number Definite 28 Probable 9 TOTAL 37 The names of the deceased cannot be disclosed on grounds of patient confidentiality. Information about the location of deaths from CJD, both definite and probable, for the period April 1993 to April 1994 will be published in the third annual report of the CJD surveillance unit in early July. The information requested on the duration of the illness in each case and on any associated fatal accident inquiries is not held centrally.