To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths in which alcohol was the primary cause there were in each local authority area in each of the last eight years. (95456)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 23 October 2006:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many deaths in which alcohol was the primary cause there were in each local authority area in each of the last eight years. I am replying in her absence. (95456)

The attached table provides the number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause in each local authority district in England and Wales, from 1998 to 2005 (the latest year available). A copy has been placed in the House of Commons Library.