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Mr. Nigel Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died from Battens disease in each year since 1983.
Mr. Sackville
The information is shown in the table.
| Deaths from Battens disease (underlying cause of death) in England and Wales, 1983–92 | |
| Year | Number |
| 1983 | 8 |
| 1984 | 5 |
| 1985 | 6 |
| 1986 | 8 |
| 1987 | 7 |
| 1988 | 6 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1992 | 3 |