§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the five year survival rate was for each main group of cancer sufferers in each region and nation of the United Kingdom for each of the years from 1990 to 1996. [156911]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 5 April 2001]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 23 April 2001:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking for the five year survival rates for each main group of cancer sufferers, in each region and nation of the United Kingdom for each of the years 1990 to 1996 (157036). I am replying in his absence.For England, the latest available data on the survival of patients diagnosed with cancer, which are for cases diagnosed in the three year period 1992–94 and followed up to 31 December 1999, were published on the National Statistics website, www.statistics.co.uk on 31 January 2001 for eight common cancers.The most recent published figures by health regional office area are for cancers of the female breast, lung, cervix and colon diagnosed in 1991–93. These were published in Quality and Performance in the NHS: NHS Performance Indicators which can be found at www.doh.gov.uk/nhsperformanceindicators. Comparable figures for 187W cancers of the stomach, prostate and bladder were made available in the House of Commons Hansard of 28 November 2000 (Number 169, Volume 357, Column 594 W).The latest available data for Wales are available in the publication Cancer Registration and Survival in Wales 1985–1994 and are for patients diagnosed in 1985–89.The Scottish Cancer Intelligence Unit published their latest survival data for patients diagnosed in 1991–95 by cancer in Trends in Cancer Survival in Scotland 1971–1995.Comparable information is not available for Northern Ireland.