HC Deb 28 November 1995 vol 267 c590W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many deaths in each of the past five years are attributable to the abuse of Temazepam in each district health authority in Wales. [1508]

Mr. Richards

The table shows the number of deaths recorded in "The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys" due to temazepam abuse, alone or with other drugs—ICDs1 304.1, 304.7, 304.8, 305.4, 305.9—by year of occurrence and district health authority for the latest five year period available.

Residents of: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Clwyd 0 0 0 0 0
East Dyfed 0 0 0 0 1
Pembrokeshire 0 0 0 0 0
Gwent 0 0 0 0 0
Gwynedd 0 0 0 0 0
Mid Glamorgan 0 1 1 0 0
Powys 0 0 0 0 0
South Glamorgan 0 0 0 0 1
West Glamorgan 0 0 0 0 1
Total for Wales 0 1 1 0 3
1 International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death (9th revision).