HC Deb 15 October 2003 vol 411 cc272-3W
David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in Hull and the East Riding in(a) 2002 and (b) 2003 have had smear tests; and for how long they waited. [132397]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Coverage of the target age group, aged 25–64, for cervical screening in the East Riding was 85.2 per cent. in 2001–02. Figures for 2002–03 have not yet been published.

Across the whole of the Northern and Yorkshire region, 48 per cent. of women received the results of their test within six weeks in 2001–02.