§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by year to date, and by regional health authority, the number of incidences of childhood leukaemia that have been reported in England and Wales following the Chernobyl accident; and what were the reported incidences in 1980 and 1986.
§ Mr. FreemanCancer registration data for 1985 onwards are still being collected, and thus the requested information for 1986 and for the period since the Chernobyl accident in 1987 is not yet available. The table shows the data for 1980.
Number of newly diagnosed cases of leukaemia1, ages 0–14 years, England and Wales, 1980 Area of usual residence Males Females England and Wales 195 143 Northern RHA 7 8 Yorkshire RHA 13 6 Trent RHA 13 14 East Anglian RHA 7 6 North West Thames RHA 10 7 North East Thames RHA 17 10 South East Thames RHA 13 12 South West Thames RHA 19 16 Wessex RHA 23 12 Oxford RHA 9 5 South Western RHA 17 5 West Midlands RHA 24 18 Mersey RHA 7 6 North Western RHA 11 12 Wales 5 6 1 ICD Ninth Revision code 204–208.