To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the outcome was of the Volatile Substance Abuse Stakeholders meeting on the research conducted by St. Georges University of London, referred to in her Answer of 25 October 2006, Official Report, column 1976W, on volatile substance abuse; and if she will make a statement. (110954)

The Volatile Substance Abuse (VSA) stakeholder group were informed at their meeting in December 2006 that the Department intended to renew its contract with St. George’s Hospital Medical School regarding the annual report on deaths associated with VSA. The new contract was signed on 20 December 2006.