Hospital Births

Mr. Jamie Reed
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births there were in 2005-06 at (a) the West Cumberland hospital, Whitehaven and (b) the Cumberland infirmary, Carlisle.

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 15 January 2007:

As the National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question about how many births there were in 2005-06 at (a) West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven and (b) the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle. (114638)

The latest year for which figures are available is the calendar year 2005; the table below shows figures for live births and stillbirths in 2005.

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|           |West Cumberland hospital, Whitehaven|The Cumberland infirmary, Carlisle|
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|Live births|1,624                               |1,261                             |
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|Stillbirths|11                                  |8                                 |
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