§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the trends in the incidence of TB in England in the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the reasons for changes. [61136]
§ Ms BlearsData taken from five-yearly surveys of tuberculosis undertaken in 1988, 1993 and 1998 show that the incidences of TB are multi-factorial taking into consideration geographic distribution, ethnic distribution age, place of birth and other risk factors of developing TB.
Tuberculosis is a disease that we take very seriously and we continue to develop and implement programmes to improve TB control.