§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed with hepatitis C in the United Kingdom in the last 12 months. [53276]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 29 April 2002]: There were 4515 antibody positive hepatitis C laboratory diagnoses in England in 2001 reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service (provisional figure). Information about hepatitis C diagnoses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can be obtained from the respective devolved administrations.