HC Deb 21 April 1998 vol 310 c576W
Mr. Hanson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths have occurred by age and region in each of the last 10 years due to the volatile substance misuse of butane gas products. [38146]

Mr. Milburn

The available figures are set out in the table. Tables for deaths cannot be broken down on a more detailed basis without rendering individual cases identifiable.

established a data and safety monitoring committee for the study which has met at six-monthly intervals in the light of recently announced findings from a similar study in the United States of America and Canada. It will shortly be issuing a report.