Tom Watson
Labour, West Bromwich East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of multi-drug-resistant TB were recorded in each region in the last three years.
Jane Ellison
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in the United Kingdom is assessed through systematic analysis of notification data obtained from the Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance System run by Public Health England (PHE).
In 2012, a total of 81 multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases were reported in the UK, 84 MDR-TB cases were reported in 2011, and 66 MDR-TB cases were reported in 2010. A breakdown of MDR-TB cases by PHE region and country for the period 2010-2012 is provided in the following table.
| PHE region/country | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Total |
| PHE region | ||||
| London | 29 | 34 | 36 | 99 |
| Midlands and East of England | 14 | 24 | 21 | 59 |
| North of England | 15 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| South of England | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| Country | ||||
| England | 64 | 79 | 78 | 221 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Wales | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Scotland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| United Kingdom | 66 | 84 | 81 | 231 |
| Source: PHE Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance (ETS), Scottish Enhanced Surveillance of Mycobacterial Infections (ESMI). | ||||
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