§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of women who have received cervical cancer screening are under 35 years of age.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 6 December 1985: I regret that the information requested is not available centrally.
§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a further statement on the financing arrangements between his Department and the health authorities with regard to the cervical cancer screening programme, with particular reference to the proportionate contribution made by health authorities.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 6 December 1985: Expenditure by district health authorities on cervical cancer screening is met from within the total resources available to them. There are no special allocations from my Department.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the number of women who will not die next year as a result of the introduction of computerised systems of call and recall for cervical cancer covering all women in the age group at risk in every area.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 6 December 1985: As many factors affect mortality from cervical cancer I am advised that such an estimate cannot sensibly be made.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list all the health authorities and family practitioner committees which have issued instructions to doctors in clinics or family doctors or both to suspend, delay or reduce the taking of cervical smears because of a backlog in pathology laboratories.
§ Mr. Hayhoe[pursuant to his reply, 6 December 1985: I regret that the information requested is not available centrally.