§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many residents have died in Lanarkshire nursing homes in the Lanarkshire health board area in each year since 1979. [2959]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 28 November 1995]: This information was not held centrally before October 1992. The information requested since then is as follows:
Year Deaths 1 October to 31 December 1992 93 1993 538 1994 589 1 January to 30 September 1995 479