§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total spent by each NHS Regional Executive on funding cancer care advisers in the two most recent years; and if he will make a statement. [91981]
§ Mr. HuttonEach of the National Health Service Executive regional offices has an appointed cancer coordinator to provide a focus for maintaining cancer policy implementation. In addition, regional offices have their own arrangements for supporting this work, drawing on relevant experience both within the regional office and from the NHS more widely, including buying in expertise as and when necessary. This means that the total expenditure on cancer co-ordination and its support cannot readily be identified separately on a consistent basis across regional offices.