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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths in the UK have been attributed to (a) consumption of nuts and nut products and (b) BSE in each of the last 10 years. - Text of letter from Tim Holt of the Office for National Statistics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths in the UK have been attributed to (a) consumption of nuts and nut products and (b) BSE in each of the last 10 years. - Text of letter from Tim Holt of the Office for National Statistics.
Asked by
Lord Stunell
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Darling of Roulanish
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
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Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
2 February 1998
For answer on
11 February 1998
Answered on
11 February 1998
Mr. Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths in the UK have been attributed to (a) consumption of nuts and
nut products and (b) BSE in each of the last 10 years. [27680]
Mr. Darling: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked
him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Andrew Stunell, dated 11 February 1998:
I have been asked to reply, as Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), to your recent question asking for the numbers
of deaths in the United Kingdom attributable to (a) consumption of nuts and nut products and (b) BSE in each of the last 10 years.
The information requested is shown in the table below.
Deaths in the United Kingdom attributable to nuts and BSE/nvCJD{1}, 1993-1996
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Year Nuts Nut products{2} BSE
1993 4 n/a 0
1994 1 n/a 0
1995 5 n/a 3
1996 2 n/a 10
1997 n/a n/a 10
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{1} New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD) was identified in March 1996; to date there have been 23 deaths. Although the
Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) have concluded that there is convincing evidence that the agents causing BSE and
nvCJD are the same, the scientific evidence to date does not tell us anything about the route of infection. SEAC's advice is that
the most likely explanation for the nvCJD cases to date is exposure to BSE before the specific bovine offals ban in 1989. {2} We are
unable to identify nut products. Data for years prior to 1993 can only be retrieved at disproportionate cost.
Subjects
Death; Food; BSE; Beef; Nuts
Date
11 February 1998
Reference
27680; 306 c280W
House
House of Commons