§ Mr. Charles KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many outbreaks of food poisoning there were in each county in each of the last five years; [63519]
(2) if he will publish a monthly breakdown of outbreaks of food poisoning in each of the last five years. [63333]
§ Ms JowellData on general outbreaks of foodborne illness, broken down by health authority, are published on a monthly basis in the Public Health Laboratory Service's Communicable Disease Report (CDR), copies of which are available in the Library. CDR also publishes quarterly data by local authority. Copies of CDR and data for specific food poisoning organisms can be found on PHLS' website; the address is www.phls.co.uk.