Written question asked by Glenda Jackson (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 December 2004. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Monday, 6 December 2004 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request that the Iraqi Ministry of Health furnish him with a breakdown of the number of civilians killed and injured, as referred to in his Written Ministerial Statement of 17 November 2004, 426 c92-5WS, on Iraq: Casualty Estimates, by (a) age, (b) gender, (c) type of injury and (d) cause of death.

Answer: Glenda Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will request that the Iraqi Ministry of Health furnish him with a breakdown of the number of civilians killed and injured, as referred to in his Written Ministerial Statement of 17 November, on Iraq: Casualty Estimates, by (a) age, (b) gender, (c) type of injury and (d) cause of death. [199845] Mr. Rammell: The Iraqi Ministry of Health statistics on casualties do not include details of age. We have asked the Ministry of Health for a breakdown of their casualty statistics by child/adult categories as well as by gender. I will provide my hon. Friend with this compiled information and will place a copy in the Library of the House, if and when it is made available by the Ministry of Health. I understand that the Ministry of Health does not hold any further information centrally about types of injury or the precise cause of death (i.e. other than by military or terrorist action).

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