HC Deb 27 July 1989 vol 157 c927W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by district authority the percentage of women in the relevant age group who have so far responded to the national programme for screening for breast cancer.

Mr. Mellor

[holding answer 26 July 1989]: Statistics from the breast screening centres will not be available centrally until towards the end of 1990 following the receipt of Korner forms KC62 and KC63 ("Adult Screening Programme: Breast Cancer Screening") by the Department.

Acceptance rates of over 70 per cent. of the women called for screening were, however, reported informally last year by over half the first screening centres.