§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health on what dates in each of the past 10 years the Chief Medical Officer published his annual report. [24093]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Chief Medical Officer's annual report was published in September during the years 1991–98, and specifically in recent years, on 25 September 1996, 30 September 1997 and 9 September 1998. Since then Professor Liam Donaldson, the current Chief Medical Officer, reviewed the format of the annual report and published the first one during his term of office on 10 December 2001. No report was published in the intervening years of 1999–2000 although the Chief Medical Officer has produced five major reports on specific topics during this period.