§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were diagnosed as suffering from cancer in each standard region of the United Kingdom, for England as a whole, and for the United Kingdom, for each of the last available three years, expressing each figure as a percentage of the corresponding population. [8087]
§ Mr. HoramData on registrations of newly diagnosed cases of cancer for England, by region, and Wales were published in tables 7 and 9 of the following publication "Cancer Statistics—Registrations", series MB 1 No. 20: 1987; No. 21: 1988, and No. 22: 1989. Copies of all three publications are available in the Library.
Information relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.