§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many food poisoning notifications there were to the308W Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (a) in each year since 1982 and (b) in 1996 to the latest available date. [17652]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Dr. Gavin Strang, dated 27 February 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply, as Director of the Office for National Statistics, to your recent question asking for the number of notifications of food poisoning to the Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys from 1982 to 1996.The figures you have requested are published annually in the Series MB2 "Communicable disease statistics", copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library for the years up to 1994. Copies of the Series MB2 Quarterly Monitors are also available up to the June quarter of 1996.The 1995 national data were published in the March 1996 Monitor, whilst the annual total for 1996 is still only provisional. They cover cases notified under the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988, and earlier regulations.Annual notifications of food poisoning for England and Wales
- 1982: 14,253
- 1983: 17,735
- 1984: 20,702
- 1985: 19,242
- 1986: 23,948
- 1987: 29,331
- 1988: 39,713
- 1989: 52,557
- 1990: 52,145
- 1991: 52,543
- 1992: 63,347
- 1993: 68,587
- 1994: 81,833
- 1995: 82,041
- 1996: 83,664 (provisional)
I hope this reply has been helpful.