§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was(a) the number of deaths from liver cancer and (b) the cost to the NHS of treating liver cancer, in each year since 1994. [20027]
§ Mr. HoramInformation on the number of deaths from liver cancer in 1994—latest available figures—is contained in "Mortality statistics: cause, England and Wales, 1993(revised) and 1994"(Series DH2 no. 21), published by the Office for National Statistics, copies of which are available in the Library.
Information on the costs to the NHS of treating liver cancer is not collected centrally.