Mesothelioma and Asbestosis
Mr. Clapham:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many people died as a result of (a) mesothelioma and (b) asbestos induced lung cancer in (i) 1995 and (ii) 1996 broken down by (1) parliamentary constituency and (2) local authority unit. [16479]
Angela Eagle:
The numbers of mesothelioma deaths in 1995 by local authority are shown in Table 1. Information on mesothelioma deaths is not yet available for 1996. Information for parliamentary constituencies is not collected.
The total number of lung cancers caused by asbestos is estimated to be at least equal to the number of mesothelioma cases, and may be greater, but it is not possible to give a more precise figure as they are not distinguishable from the much larger number due to other causes such as smoking.
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Table 1: Mesothelloma deaths in Great Britain 1995 by local authority
| County/Local authority | Mesothelloma deaths 1995
|
|---|
| Greater London | 138
|
| City of London | 0
|
| Barking and Dagenham | 12
|
| Barnet | 2
|
| Bexley | 7
|
| Brent | 2
|
| Bromley | 2
|
| Camden | 2
|
| Croydon | 3
|
| Ealing | 7
|
| Enfield | 1
|
| Greenwich | 6
|
| Hackney | 1
|
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 2
|
| Haringey | 3
|
| Harrow | 2
|
| Havering | 7
|
| Hillingdon | 7
|
| Hounslow | 2
|
| Islington | 4
|
| Kensington and Chelsea | 0
|
| Kingston upon Thames | 3
|
| Lambeth | 3
|
| Lewisham | 5
|
| Merton | 2
|
| Newham | 8
|
| Redbridge | 6
|
| Richmond upon Thames | 6
|
| Southwark | 2
|
| Sutton | 3
|
| Tower Hamlets | 9
|
| Waltham Forest | 4
|
| Wandsworth | 11
|
| City of Westminster | 4
|
|
|
| Greater Manchester | 37
|
| Bolton | 4
|
| Bury | 2
|
| Manchester | 3
|
| Oldham | 4
|
| Rochdale | 3
|
| Salford | 1
|
| Stockport | 3
|
| Tameside | 8
|
| Trafford | 2
|
| Wigan | 7
|
|
|
| Merseyside | 35
|
| Knowsley | 3
|
| Liverpool | 9
|
| St. Helens | 4
|
| Sefton | 11
|
| Wirral | 8
|
|
|
| South Yorkshire | 27
|
| Barnsley | 3
|
| Doncaster | 11
|
| Rotherham | 3
|
| Sheffield | 10
|
|
|
| Tyne and Wear | 64
|
| Gateshead | 9
|
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 10
|
| North Tyneside | 13
|
| South Tyneside | 13
|
| Sunderland | 19
|
|
|
| West Midlands | 41
|
| Birmingham | 26
|
| Coventry | 2
|
| Dudley | 2
|
|
|
| Sandwell | 1
|
| Solihull | 4
|
| Walsall | 4
|
| Wolverhampton | 2
|
|
|
| West Yorkshire | 57
|
| Bradford | 12
|
| Calderdale | 6
|
| Kirklees | 12
|
| Leeds | 21
|
| Wakefield | 6
|
|
|
| Avon | 17
|
| Bath | 1
|
| Bristol | 9
|
| Northavon | 4
|
| Kingswood | 0
|
| Wansdyke | 0
|
| Woodspring | 3
|
|
|
| Bedfordshire | 8
|
| Bedford | 1
|
| Luton | 2
|
| Mid Bedfordshire | 2
|
| South Bedfordshire | 3
|
|
|
| Berkshire | 21
|
| Bracknell Forest | 2
|
| Newbury | 4
|
| Reading | 3
|
| Slough | 7
|
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 4
|
| Wokingham | 1
|
|
|
| Buckinghamshire | 20
|
| Aylesbury Vale | 2
|
| South Bucks | 4
|
| Chiltern | 3
|
| Milton Keynes | 7
|
| Wycombe | 4
|
|
|
| Cambridgeshire | 16
|
| Cambridge | 2
|
| East Cambridgeshire | 5
|
| Fenland | 3
|
| Huntingdonshire | 1
|
| Peterborough | 5
|
| South Cambridgeshire | 0
|
|
|
| Cheshire | 22
|
| Chester | 2
|
| Congleton | 0
|
| Crewe and Nantwich | 2
|
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | 2
|
| Halton | 6
|
| Macclesfield | 4
|
| Vale Royal | 3
|
| Warrington | 3
|
|
|
| Cleveland | 17
|
| Hartlepool | 7
|
| Langbaurgh-on-Tees | 4
|
| Middlesborough | 2
|
| Stockton-on-Tees | 4
|
|
|
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 8
|
| Caradon | 0
|
| Carrick | 2
|
| Kerrier | 1
|
| North Cornwall | 1
|
| Penwith | 2
|
|
|
| Restormel | 1
|
| Isles of Scilly | 1
|
|
|
| Cumbria | 16
|
| Allerdale | 0
|
| Barrow-in-Furness | 11
|
| Carlisle | 2
|
| Copeland | 1
|
| Eden | 0
|
| South Lakeland | 2
|
|
|
| Derbyshire | 15
|
| Amber Valley | 2
|
| Bolsover | 2
|
| Chesterfield | 2
|
| Derby | 6
|
| Erewash | 0
|
| High Peak | 2
|
| North East Derbyshire | 0
|
| South Derbyshire | 1
|
| Derbyshire Dales | 0
|
|
|
| Devon | 31
|
| East Devon | 2
|
| Exeter | 2
|
| North Devon | 3
|
| Plymouth | 19
|
| South Hams | 1
|
| Teignbridge | 1
|
| Mid Devon | 1
|
| Torbay | 1
|
| Torridge | 0
|
| West Devon | 1
|
|
|
| Dorset | 14
|
| Bournemouth | 2
|
| Christchurch | 2
|
| North Dorset | 3
|
| Poole | 4
|
| Purbeck | 1
|
| West Dorset | 1
|
| Weymouth and Portland | 0
|
| East Dorset | 1
|
|
|
| Durham | 15
|
| Chester le Street | 1
|
| Darlington | 5
|
| Derwentside | 1
|
| Durham | 0
|
| Easington | 5
|
| Sedgefield | 2
|
| Teesdale | 0
|
| Wear Valley | 1
|
|
|
| East Sussex | 12
|
| Brighton | 2
|
| Eastbourne | 1
|
| Hastings | 2
|
| Hove | 0
|
| Lewes | 2
|
| Rother | 3
|
| Wealden | 2
|
|
|
| Essex | 39
|
| Basildon | 9
|
| Braintree | 2
|
| Brentwood | 4
|
| Castle Point | 2
|
| Chelmsford | 2
|
| Colchester | 2
|
| Epping Forest | 3
|
|
|
| Harlow | 1
|
| Maldon | 3
|
| Rochford | 1
|
| Southend on Sea | 2
|
| Tendering | 3
|
| Thurrock | 5
|
| Uttlesford | 0
|
|
|
| Gloucestershire | 11
|
| Cheltenham | 1
|
| Cotswold | 3
|
| Forest of Dean | 1
|
| Gloucester | 2
|
| Stroud | 3
|
| Tewkesbury | 1
|
|
|
| Hampshire | 70
|
| Basingstoke and Deane | 4
|
| East Hampshire | 2
|
| Eastleigh | 6
|
| Fareham | 2
|
| Gosport | 1
|
| Hart | 3
|
| Havant | 8
|
| New Forest | 5
|
| Portsmouth | 13
|
| Rushmoor | 3
|
| Southampton | 16
|
| Test Valley | 6
|
| Winchester | 1
|
|
|
| Hereford and Worcester | 14
|
| Bromsgrove | 3
|
| Hereford | 1
|
| Leonminster | 0
|
| Malvern Hills | 0
|
| Redditch | 2
|
| South Herefordshire | 1
|
| Worcester | 0
|
| Wychavon | 4
|
| Wyre Forest | 3
|
|
|
| Hertfordshire | 21
|
| Broxbourne | 0
|
| Dacorum | 4
|
| East Hertfordshire | 0
|
| Hertsmere | 4
|
| North Hertfordshire | 3
|
| St. Albans | 2
|
| Stevenage | 1
|
| Three Rivers | 2
|
| Watford | 1
|
| Welwyn Hatfield | 4
|
|
|
| Humberside | 22
|
| Beverley | 7
|
| Boothferry | 2
|
| Cleethorpes | 3
|
| Glanford | 3
|
| Great Grimsby | 1
|
| Holderness | 1
|
| Kingston upon Hull | 4
|
| East Yorkshire | 0
|
| Scunthrope | 1
|
|
|
| Isle of Wight | 5
|
| Medina | 4
|
| South Wight | 1
|
|
|
| Kent | 54
|
| Ashford | 5
|
|
|
| Canterbury | 5
|
| Dartford | 5
|
| Dover | 4
|
| Gillingham | 2
|
| Gravesham | 3
|
| Maidstone | 4
|
| Rochester upon Medway | 13
|
| Sevenoaks | 2
|
| Shepway | 1
|
| Swale | 3
|
| Thanet | 4
|
| Tonbridge and Malling | 3
|
| Tunbridge Wells | 0
|
|
|
| Lancashire | 32
|
| Blackburn | 7
|
| Blackpool | 4
|
| Burnley | 0
|
| Chorley | 1
|
| Fylde | 4
|
| Hyndburn | 1
|
| Lancaster | 1
|
| Pendle | 0
|
| Preston | 4
|
| Ribble Valley | 1
|
| Rossendale | 1
|
| South Ribble | 3
|
| West Lancashire | 3
|
| Wyre | 2
|
|
|
| Leicestershire | 9
|
| Blaby | 0
|
| Charnwood | 0
|
| Harborough | 1
|
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 2
|
| Leicester | 3
|
| Melton | 1
|
| North West Leicester | 0
|
| Oadby and Wigston | 1
|
| Rutland | 1
|
|
|
| Lincolnshire | 8
|
| Boston | 1
|
| East Lindsey | 0
|
| Lincoln | 1
|
| North Kesteven | 2
|
| South Holland | 1
|
| South Kesteven | 1
|
| West Lindsey | 2
|
|
|
| Norfolk | 23
|
| Breckland | 4
|
| Broadland | 6
|
| Great Yarmouth | 3
|
| North Norfolk | 3
|
| Norwich | 2
|
| South Norfolk | 3
|
| Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | 2
|
|
|
| Northamptonshire | 15
|
| Corby | 3
|
| Daventry | 0
|
| East Northants | 2
|
| Kettering | 0
|
| Northampton | 4
|
| South Northants | 2
|
| Wellingborough | 4
|
|
|
| Northumberland | 7
|
| Ainwick | 2
|
| Berwick upon Tweed | 1
|
|
|
| Blyth Valley | 1
|
| Castle Morpeth | 1
|
| Tynedale | 1
|
| Wansbeck | 1
|
|
|
| North Yorkshire | 14
|
| Craven | 0
|
| Hambleton | 0
|
| Harrogate | 3
|
| Richmond | 0
|
| Ryedale | 3
|
| Scarborough | 3
|
| Selby | 0
|
| York | 5
|
|
|
| Nottinghamshire | 31
|
| Ashfield | 1
|
| Bassetlaw | 2
|
| Broxtowe | 2
|
| Gedling | 5
|
| Mansfield | 3
|
| Newark and Sherwood | 6
|
| Nottingham | 5
|
| Rushcliffe | 7
|
|
|
| Oxfordshire | 12
|
| Cherwell | 2
|
| Oxford | 1
|
| South Oxfordshire | 1
|
| Vale of White Horses | 4
|
| West Oxfordshire | 4
|
|
|
| Shropshire | 2
|
| Bridgnorth | 0
|
| North Shropshire | 1
|
| Oswestry | 0
|
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | 1
|
| South Shropshire | 0
|
| The Wrekin | 0
|
|
|
| Somerset | 5
|
| Mendip | 0
|
| Sedgemoor | 2
|
| Taunton Deane | 0
|
| West Somerset | 0
|
| South Somerset | 3
|
|
|
| Staffordshire | 18
|
| Cannock Chase | 4
|
| East Staffordshire | 3
|
| Lichfield | 2
|
| Newcastle-Under-Lyme | 1
|
| South Staffordshire | 0
|
| Stafford | 3
|
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 0
|
| Stoke on Trent | 4
|
| Tamworth | 1
|
|
|
| Suffolk | 11
|
| Babergh | 5
|
| Forest Heath | 0
|
| Ipswich | 3
|
| Mid Suffolk | 1
|
| St. Edmundsbury | 2
|
| Suffolk Coastal | 0
|
| Waveney | 0
|
|
|
| Surrey | 18
|
| Elmbridge | 1
|
| Epsom and Ewell | 1
|
| Guildford | 0
|
|
|
| Ipswich | 2
|
| Mole Valley | 2
|
| Reigate and Banstead | 3
|
| Runnymeade | 2
|
| Spelthorne | 3
|
| Surrey Heath | 0
|
| Tandridge | 3
|
| Waverley | 1
|
| Woking | 0
|
|
|
| Warwickshire | 8
|
| North Warwickshire | 1
|
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 2
|
| Rugby | 1
|
| Stratford on Avon | 1
|
| Warwick | 3
|
|
|
| West Sussex | 18
|
| Adur | 1
|
| Arun | 3
|
| Chichester | 3
|
| Crawley | 3
|
| Horsham | 4
|
| Mid Sussex | 2
|
| Worthing | 2
|
|
|
| Wiltshire | 10
|
| Kennet | 0
|
| North Wiltshire | 1
|
| Salisbury | 2
|
| Thamesdown | 5
|
| West Wiltshire | 2
|
|
|
| Clwyd | 7
|
| Alyn and Deeside | 0
|
| Colwyn | 0
|
| Delyn | 2
|
| Glyndwr | 2
|
| Rhuddlan | 1
|
| Wrexham Maelor | 2
|
|
|
| Dyfed | 9
|
| Carmarthen | 1
|
| Ceredigion | 1
|
|
|
| Grampian | 9
|
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