§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the incidence of cervical cancer in Wales for each of the last 20 years.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe numbers of new registrations of cervical cancer in Welsh residents are as follows:
Year Number 1962 250 1963 251 1964 289 1965 309 1966 275 1967 251 1968 261 1969 228 1970 254 1971 293 1972 287 1973 305 1974 309 1975 333 1976 307 1977 373 1978 359 1979 322 1980 329 1981 339 The figures for the period 1962–76 are those recorded under ICD code 180 by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys which collated registrations from the Wales registry for south and mid-Wales and the Mersey registry for north Wales. Since that date the figures are those recorded by the Wales registry which assumed the responsibility for the registrations of all Welsh residents.