§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each year since 1989–90 the percentage of women invited for breast screening who attended, by regional health authority.
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§ Mr. SackvilleThe breast screening programme is achieving its average uptake target rate of 70 per cent. We do not have central statistics for 1990–91 but unvalidated data are available from the national health service breast screening programme. Validated central figures are currently available only for the year 1991–92. Both are shown in the table.
Percentage uptake rate Regional Health Authority 1990–91 1991–92 England 71 71 Northern 75 75 Yorkshire 68 74 Trent 76 77 East Anglian 74 81 North West Thames 60 58 North East Thames 60 61 South East Thames 70 71 South West Thames 70 67 Wessex 76 78 Oxford 81 77 South Western 69 74 West Midlands 69 72 Mersey 73 69 North Western 74 73