§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many incidents of thyroid cancer in young people under the age of 18 years there were in each health authority for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [44319]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Nigel Jones, dated June 1998:
445WAs Director of the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary question on thyroid cancer.The number of newly diagnosed cases in persons aged under 18 by regional health authority in England and Wales, 1982–91 (the latest ten year for which data are available), are shown in the following table.