§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he has taken to ensure that a proper record is maintained of the number of people dying from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and that public access to those records is ensured. [23811]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonMonitoring of the incidence of and mortality associated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is the responsibility of the Government-funded national CJD surveillance unit. The unit produces an annual report, which is published. Copies are placed in the Library. The records of individual patients with CJD are subject to the normal rules of medical confidentiality.