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Ministerial corrections

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many admissions to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis via accident and emergency departments there were in (a) the former Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area, (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area, (c) the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust area and (d) the Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997; [187614] (2) how many admissions to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis via accident and emergency departments involving children under the age of 18 years there were 19 May 2008 : Column 2MC in (a) the former Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area, (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area, (c) the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust area and (d) the Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. [187617] [Official Report, 28 February 2008, Vol. 472, c. 1880-882W.] Letter from Dawn Primarolo: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Ruffley) on 28 February 2008. Some figures given in the table were incorrect and some of the totals did not sum. The correct answer should have been: Dawn Primarolo: The following table shows finished in-year admission episodes where the patient was admitted via accident and emergency departments with an alcohol-related primary or secondary diagnosis. This is broken down by age and by the patient's primary care trust (PCT) and strategic health authority (SHA) of residence and West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust. The latest available data is for 2006-07. [Table indluded]