HC Deb 18 January 2002 vol 378 c541W
Mr. Wiggin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died from vCJD since August 1990; and how many were vegetarian. [28390]

Yvette Cooper

Up to 7 January 2002 there have been 104 deaths from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (VCJD) within the United Kingdom. Four out of the 104 were vegetarians during some period of their lives but none were lifelong vegetarians.