Written question asked by Lord Garnier (Conservative) on Monday, 8 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 December 2008. It was answered by Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour) on Monday, 12 January 2009 on behalf of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Bowel Cancer

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) men and (b) women were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answer: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 December 2008:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) men and (b) women were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each UK parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [242581]""The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2006 for England and Wales, and the year 2005 for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Table 1 showing the ""numbers of newly diagnosed cases of bowel cancer for (a) men, and Table 2 for (b) women, in each UK parliamentary constituency for the years 2001 to 2005, and in each parliamentary constituency in England and Wales for 2006, have been placed in the House of Commons library."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 486 c468-9W; 242581
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2009-0080
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Bowel cancer
Contains statistics: Yes
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