§ Mr. ShawTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many(a) women and (b) men aged 16 to 25 years died as a direct result of ecstasy overdose in 1998–99. [95871]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Jonathan Shaw, dated 26 October 1999:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on how many (a) women and (b) men aged 16 to 25 years died as a direct result of ecstasy overdose in 1998–99.In 1997, the latest year for which data are available, there were five drug-related deaths among men aged 16 to 25 years in which ecstasy was mentioned on the death certificate. No deaths associated with ecstasy were recorded among women in this age-group in 1997.