HC Deb 04 March 1996 vol 273 c69W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the total number of people who died from(a) alcohol poisoning and (b) alcohol-related illnesses in each of the past five years. [18591]

Mr. Bowis

The numbers of people who died from alcohol poisoning' in England and Wales in the last five years are as follows:

  • 1990: 153
  • 1991: 152
  • 1992: 126
  • 1993: 136
  • 1994: 122
  • 1(Code 980, International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision).

I also refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Peckham (Ms Harman) on 19 December 1995 at column 1148.