The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 2 June 2008:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the age standardised mortality rate from prostate cancer was in (a) England and (b) each primary care trust (PCT) area each year since 1997; and how many deaths from prostate cancer there were in (i) England and (ii) each PCT area in each of those years. (206402)""A copy of the tables containing the relevant information have been placed in the House of Commons Library. The tables provide the number of deaths where prostate cancer was the underlying cause of death in (a) England and (b) primary care organisations (table 1), for 1997 to 2006 and age standardised mortality rates for (i) England and (ii) primary care organisations (table 2), for 2002 to 2006 (the latest year available).""The current primary care organisation boundaries were introduced in October 2006, and population estimates using these boundaries are available for 2002 to 2006. It is therefore not possible to calculate mortality rates for primary care organisations before 2002."