§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of rape victims are known consequently to have contracted(a) a sexually transmitted disease, (b) HIV/AIDS, (c) hepatitis B and (d) hepatitis C in each of the last five years. [149906]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonRoutine surveillance for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C, conducted by the Health Protection Agency, collects information on routes of transmission of these infections (for example, whether through homosexual or heterosexual sex), but does not record whether or not sex was consensual.
§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in(a) St. Helens and (b) Merseyside had HIV/AIDS in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003 and (iv) the most recent in 2004 for which figures are available. [149910]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe table shows the number of HIV-infected people resident in St. Helen's and Knowsley and Merseyside local authorities who attended national health service services for HIV-related treatment and care in the last five years for which data are available.
Residence Survey year St. Helens and Knowsley local authority Merseyside local authority1 1998 23 163 1999 24 180 2000 27 208 2001 27 220 2002 37 293 1Merseyside LAs include Liverpool, Sefton, St. Helens and Knowsley and Wirral Source:
North West HIV/AIDS Monitoring Unit, Liverpool John Moores University.