§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) fatal or (b) non-fatal instances of skin cancer have been detected within the national health service, in each of the last 10 years; and what steps her Department is taking to combat this condition.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe available information on cause of deaths is contained in Office of Population Censuses and Surveys publications available in the Library: Series MB I cancer statistics—registrations, and series DH2 mortality statistics—death by cause. A commitment to halt the rising incidence of skin cancer is one of the key targets set out in "The Health of the Nation". The Department's strategy in this area includes a national public health 527W campaign on skin cancer in partnership with the Health Education Authority and a programme of activity involving the national health service, commercial and professional bodies and other Government Departments to encourage healthy attitudes to exposure to sunlight.