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Mr. Richards
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people in Wales have died from solvent abuse in each county in Wales in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones
The number of deaths to residents of Wales associated with abuse of volatile substances in each year since 1979 are given in the following table. Information at county level is not available for reasons of confidentiality.
| Deaths to residents | |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 2 |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1986 | 4 |
| 1987 | 8 |
| 1988 | 4 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1990 | 7 |
Source: St. George's Hospital Medical School.