HC Deb 27 March 1996 vol 274 cc652-3W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people have been diagnosed as having cancer in(a) South Glamorgan and (b) Mid Glamorgan and Gwent in the last 10 years; what was the percentage change in each year; and if he will make a statement. [21873]

Mr. Richards

The number of malignant neoplasms registered in each year since 1981 and the percentage change in each year is given in the following table. Figures for 1991 and later years are not yet complete.

Mr. Richards

There were no chief executive posts in health authorities in Wales in 1990. The salary bill for NHS general managers in Wales in 1989–90 was £508,000.

Source: The summarised accounts of the health authorities in Wales and of the family health services authorities in Wales for the year ended 31 March 1990.