Written question asked by Gerald Howarth (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 June 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 July 2000. It was answered by Yvette Cooper (Labour) on Monday, 3 July 2000 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people visited a genito-urinary clinic in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) 1999; and what was the cost of drugs prescribed to deal with sexually transmitted diseases in each of these years. - Inc table and fact that information on overall drugs expenditure to treat sexually transmitted diseases is not available.

Answer: Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people visited a genito-urinary clinic in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) 1999; and what was the cost of drugs prescribed to deal with sexually transmitted diseases in each of these years. [126798] Yvette Cooper: The available information is as follows. Diagnoses{ 1} of sexually transmitted diseases in genito-urinary medicine clinics in England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of diagnoses 1970 251,256 1980 288,315 1990 308,211 1998{2} 507,655 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provide an indication of patient numbers but individuals may have more than one diagnosis {2} Data for 1999 are not available yet Information on overall drugs expenditure to treat sexually transmitted diseases is not available.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 126798; 353 c38-9W
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Costs Drugs Medical treatments Patients Sexually transmitted infections Sexual and reproductive health
Contains statistics: Yes
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