Cancer

HC Deb 03 July 2002 vol 388 c339W

Mr. Bruce George

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the incidence rates of cancers for the last five years. [66660]

Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Bruce George, dated 3 July 2002: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on the incidence rates of cancers for the last five years. (66660). The latest available information on trends in the incidence rates of cancers for England was published in table 10 in "Cancer Statistics: registrations 1998" Series MB1 No.29, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library.