§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of women in the target group have had a cervical cancer smear test in Wales within the last five years; how many women in Wales have cervical cancer; and how many women died of cervical cancer.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesAs at 31 March 1993 an estimated 84 per cent. of women in the target group—women aged 20 to 64 resident in the district but excluding those no longer required to be screened—were known to have had a cervical smear test in the previous five years as part of the national recall system.
Estimates of the number of women who currently have cervical cancer are not available centrally. However, an average of 373 new cervical cancer cases per year were registered for Welsh residents for the period 1984 to 1988.
In the five years to 31 December 1992 there were 611 deaths of Welsh residents from cervical cancer.