§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the records of newly diagnosed cases of cancer as submitted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys on magnetic tapes, for the Yorkshire region for the last three years for which records are available.
§ Mr. DorrellThe Office of Population Censuses and Surveys collects data on newly diagnosed cases of cancer from the regional cancer registries on an on-going basis, and publishes such data when it is judged that all regions' data for a year are reasonably complete. Receipts from Yorkshire region since 1984 are shown in the table. Nationally the years 1984 and 1985 are deemed to be complete, and are analysed and published. Subsequent years are not considered complete.
Number of receipts of records of newly-diagnosed cases of cancer1 for Yorkshire region, 1984–901 Year Number of receipts of records 1984 17,036 1985 17,759 21986 16,798 21987 16,305 21988 6,730 21989 11 21990 — 1 International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code 140–239. 2 Provisional as records are still being received.