§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 10 June 2003,Official Report, column 831W, on the Communicable Disease Report, what the previous circulation of paper copies of the report was. [119910]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe geographical distribution figures for the circulation of paper copies of the Communicable Disease Report (CDR) for 1999 (the latest available) were:
England and Wales 3700 copies Scotland 100 copies Northern Ireland 80 copies Irish Republic 100 copies Europe (EU) 100 copies Europe (non-EU) 60 copies Rest of World 200 copies The distribution policy was that copies were distributed to the following organisations and personnel:
- Public health laboratories
- Other reporting microbiology laboratories
- Consultants in Communicable Disease Control DCs
- Directors of Public Health
- Environmental health departments
- UK armed forces laboratories
- Other reporting and collaborating physicians
- Veterinary investigation centres
- Appropriate academic departments
- Appropriate Government departments
Distribution of paper copies of the CDR stopped at the end of 2000.