HC Deb 30 November 1999 vol 340 cc101-2W
Mr. Blunt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died of new variant CJD in each month since 1 May 1997. [99467]

Yvette Cooper

The information requested is given in the table:

Year and month Number of deaths
1997
May 2
June 1
July 1
August 0
September 0
October 1
November 0
December 1
1998
January 1
February 0
March 1
April 1
May 1
June 0
July 0
August 2
September 0
October 5
November 3
December 3
Year and month Number of deaths
1999
January 1
February 3
March 0
April 0
May 0
June 0
July 1
August 2
September 1