Communicable Disease Report

Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 10 June 2003, Official Report, column 831W, on the Communicable Disease Report, what the previous circulation of paper copies of the report was. [119910]

Miss Melanie Johnson
The geographical distribution figures for the circulation of paper copies of the Communicable Disease Report (CDR) for 1999 (the latest available) were:-------------------
|England and Wales|
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|Scotland         |
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|Northern Ireland |
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|Irish Republic   |
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|Europe (EU)      |
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|Europe (non-EU)  |
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|Rest of World    |
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The distribution policy was that copies were distributed to the following organisations and personnel:

Public health laboratoriesOther reporting microbiology laboratoriesConsultants in Communicable Disease Control DCsDirectors of Public HealthEnvironmental health departmentsUK armed forces laboratoriesOther reporting and collaborating physiciansVeterinary investigation centresAppropriate academic departmentsAppropriate Government departments

Distribution of paper copies of the CDR stopped at the end of 2000.