HC Deb 16 October 2001 vol 372 c1120W
14. Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on cervical cancer screening in the NHS. [3777]

Ms Blears

In the year to March 2000, 3.6 million women were screened and laboratories examined 4.1 million smears. Research has shown that the incidence of cervical cancer fell by 43 per cent. between 1988 and 1997.