HC Deb 28 July 1997 vol 299 c94W
Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women have been screened for breast cancer for each year since 1979. [10911]

Mr. Boateng

The breast screening programme was introduced into the national health service in 1988. The target age group is women aged 50 to 64 and the information available for this age group is shown in the table. National data have been collected only since the introduction of the national screening programme. Data for the years from 1988 to 1991 were not of sufficient quality to be published.

Year Number of Women screened (aged 50 to 64)
1991–92 923,000
1992–93 945,000
1993–94 961,000
1994–95 976,000
1995–96 976,000

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