§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many TB notifications there were for each trust area in Wales in each of the last five years. [93104]
Mr. Jon Owen JonesInformation on the number of cases of TB (excluding chemprophlaxis) in each of the last five years is given in the following tables. As NHS412W trusts during this time did not have unique geographical areas the data are shown by local authority for 1994 and 1995 and then unitary authority for 1996 to 1998.
Local authority 1994 1995 Aberconwy 5 — Alyn and Deeside 1 3 Arfon 5 7 Blaenau Gwent 8 3 Brecknock 2 2 Cardiff 29 32 Carmarthen 2 4 Ceredigion 3 1 Colwyn 3 2 Cynon Valley 3 — Delyn 3 4 Dinefwr 5 3 Dwyfor 3 4 Glyndwr — 5 Islwyn 1 4 Llanelli 9 10 Lliw Valley 8 2 Meirionnydd 1 1 Merthyr Tydfil 3 2 Monmouth 3 2 Montgomeryshire — — Neath 7 4 Newport 5 9 Ogwr 9 6 Port Talbot 3 4 Preseli 1 6 Pembrokeshire — — Radnorshire — — Rhondda 10 5 Rhuddlan 2 5 Rhymney Valley 4 7 South Pembrokeshire 3 — Swansea 10 9 Taff Ely 9 9 Torfaen 2 3 Vale of Glamorgan 8 9 Wrexham Maelor 8 8 Ynys Mon (Isle of Anglesey) 3 5 Wales 181 180
Unitary authority 1996 1997 1998 Blaenau Gwent 1 — — Bridgend 12 7 7 Caerphilly 1 4 1 Cardiff 32 33 38 Carmarthenshire 22 19 13 Ceredigion 4 5 6 Conwy 4 5 9 Denbighshire 3 11 3 Flintshire 4 5 4 Gwynedd 10 6 17 Isle of Anglesey 3 7 3 Merthyr Tydfil 5 4 4 Monmouthshire — — 2 Neath Port Talbot 8 11 24 Newport 2 5 2 Pembrokeshire 8 12 8 Powys 7 7 5 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 12 29 15 Swansea 7 3 2 Torfaen 1 — — Vale of Glamorgan 6 14 2 Wrexham 9 8 7 Wales 161 195 172