§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the number of deaths from mesothelioma in each of the last 10 years by health authority, region and nationality. [51898]
§ Angela EagleThe Health and Safety Executive maintains registers of deaths in Great Britain for which mesothelioma is mentioned on the death certificate. The number of mesothelioma deaths in each of the last ten
Table 1: Mesothelioma deaths in Great Britain by region Year North Yorkshire and Humberside North West West Midlands East Midlands South West East Anglia South East not Greater London Greater London Wales Scotland Overseas Total 1987 91 54 94 32 43 73 29 171 111 23 93 0 814 1988 109 69 97 34 43 80 20 190 105 14 107 4 872 1989 85 80 93 48 45 78 27 187 120 26 119 1 909 19901 73 61 91 46 51 90 26 204 115 23 106 0 886 19911 100 94 122 49 44 106 44 201 108 34 109 0 1,011 19921 92 85 122 55 68 100 33 236 113 43 133 2 1,082 19931 114 91 111 74 70 103 39 228 140 51 122 0 1,143 19941 112 120 128 82 58 93 38 297 134 51 128 0 1,241 19951 119 120 127 83 79 96 50 298 138 53 151 4 1,318 19961 118 130 121 84 76 116 57 291 137 49 122 0 1,301 1Data for 1990–1996 remain provisional until the completeness of the register can be checked against details recorded by cancer registries