HL Deb 01 July 1996 vol 573 c83WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What have been the findings of the CJD Surveillance Unit in Edinburgh of the comparison between the cases of CJD in young people in the United Kingdom and those in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)

Data on the incidence of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease worldwide were published in the Fourth Annual Report of the National CJD Surveillance Unit, August 1995 (page 9), copies of which are available in the Library.