§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 28 March,Official Report, columns 746–47, how many cases of multi-drug resistant TB have been identified in (a) London and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years; and what action has been taken to monitor and control this new strain. [24774]
§ Mr. HoramFor the most recent available figures for the United Kingdom, I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) on 2 April columns181–82. Regional information was not routinely collected. A new system, started in 1994, should provide more detailed regional information.
§ Mr. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 28 March,Official Report, columns 746–47, how many TB cases have been identified; and how many TB-related deaths there have been in (i) London and (ii) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. [24772]
§ Mrs. LaitTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the number of notifiable cases of TB in each year since 1975. [25258]
§ Mr. HoramThe number of notifications of tuberculosis for both Greater London and England and478W Wales are published in table 5 of the annual reference volume "MB2 Communicable Disease Statistics". Copies are available in the Library. The latest year published is 1993. Data for 1994 and 1995 are shown in the table:
Number of notifications of tuberculosis(excluding chemoprophylaxis) 1994 19951 Greater London 2,077 2,042 England and Wales 5,590 5,606 1Provisional. The number of deaths from tuberculosis of residents of England and Wales from 1985 to 1992 can be found in "Mortality statistics: area", series DH5, volumes 12 to 19, copies of which are available in the Library. Figures for 1995 are not yet available. The figures for 1993 and 1994 are:
1993 1994 Greater London 86 110 England and Wales 507 497 These figures include all forms of tuberculosis, including respiratory, pulmonary, and mediastinal and late effects from tuberculosis originally caught some years earlier.
§ Mr. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 28 March,Official Report, columns 746-47, (1) what assessment he has made of the risk of persons infected with TB entering the United Kingdom; to what extent that risk has changed in the last five years; and if he will make a statement; [24771]
(2) what measures have been taken in the last 12 months to reduce the risk of carriers of TB from entering the country. [24773]
§ Mr. HoramInformation on how many people have tuberculosis when they arrive in the United Kingdom is not available. For details about the steps that we are taking to deal with the risk, I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) on 2 April at columns180-81.