§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the five year survival rate for each main group of cancer patients in(a) England, (b) each region of England and (c) each health authority area for the most recent available period, distinguishing between men and women. [76111]
§ Ms HewittThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
391WLetter from John Fox to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 12 March 1999:
In the absence of the Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on the five year survival rate for each main group of cancer patients.The five-year relative survival rates for each main group of cancer patients diagnosed in England were published in the volume, Survival of cancer patients in Europe—the EUROCARE study (IARC Scientific Publications no.132). Survival rates in England and Wales were most recently published in ONS Monitor MBI 98/1. Copies of both publications are available in the House of Commons Library.Survival rates for England and the regions of England form part of the analysis presented within the report, Cancer survival trends, 1971–1995: NHS Region and Deprivation, to be published shortly by The Stationery Office. Survival rates by health authority are not the responsibility of the ONS, but have been published by a number of regional cancer registries within their annual reports.