§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women, and what percentage of the female population, were diagnosed with breast cancer in each of the last six years. [1295]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 5 November 1996]: The information falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 7 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question asking how many women, and what percentage of the female population, were diagnosed with breast cancer in each of the last six years.The information for England for the latest six years for which data are available is given in the table below.
Year Number Percentage 1988 24,975 0.11 1989 25,838 0.11 1990 26,994 0.11 1991 28,032 0.11 1992 28,324 0.11 1993 27,502 0.11
§ Mr. CunninghamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women in the west midlands were diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995. [1241]
§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 5 November 1996]: The information falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 7 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question asking how many women in the West Midlands were diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995.The provisional number of registrations of breast cancer in the West Midlands in 1993 (the latest year for which data are currently available) is 3,199.