§ Mr. HepburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the survival rates were for victims of breast cancer in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) South Tyneside in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [28065]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Stephen Hepburn, dated 21 January 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question on the survival rates for breast cancer in (a) the UK and (b) South Tyneside. I am replying in his absence. (28065).651WFigures are not available for the United Kingdom as a whole or for local authority areas. The latest available five-year relative survival rate from breast cancer for women in Gateshead and South Tyneside Health Authority is 75%, the same as in England as a whole. These figures relate to women diagnosed in 1992–94 and followed up to 31 December 1999.