§ Ms. HoeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women were given cervical smear tests during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe objective of the national health service national cervical screening programme is to screen women between the ages of 20 and 64 at least once every five years. Seventy-four per cent. of the target population in England were screened by 31 March 1991, the latest year for which figures are available. Provisional figures indicate that 80 per cent. of the target population will have been tested by 31 March 1992.