HC Deb 15 November 2001 vol 374 c855W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which Minister(a) considered and (b) approved the press release, reference 2001/0530. [15198]

Mr. Hutton

Ministers do not approve statistical press releases issued by the Government Statistical Service. They are issued on the authority of the Director of Statistics. As soon as the error was identified, a corrected version was issued by the Government Statistical Service.