§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information she has on commencement levels of breastfeeding in each member state of the European Union; and if she will publish the most recent sets of data available; [25607]
(2) if she will publish league tables for the different regional health authorities for percentage breastfeeding commencement levels. [25723]
§ Mr. SackvilleInformation is not available in the form requested; The five-yearly surveys of infant feeding undertaken by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys on behalf of the United Kingdom Health Departments provide information, on a national basis, on breastfeeding levels in the UK. A copy of the 1990 infant feeding survey is available in the Library. Field work for the 1995 study will start later this year. We do not have information on breastfeeding levels in other member states of the European Union.