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Written question asked by John Baron (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2009. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Monday, 30 November 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Learning Disability: Cancer

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) women and (b) women with a learning disability have received (i) breast and (ii) cervical cancer screening in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

The following table shows the number of women that were screened under the NHS Breast Screening Programme and the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England in each year from 1996-97 until 2008-09.

Number
Women (aged 45 and over) screened under the NHS Breast Screening Programme Women (all ages) screened under the NHS Cervical Screening Programme
1996-97 1,109,845 3,775,582
1997-98 1,179,658 3,905,936
1998-99 1,232,310 3,810,034
1999-2000 1,322,891 3,766,396
2000-01 1,298,752 3,633,479
2001-02 1,274,465 3,879,614
2002-03 1,347,378 3,689,147
2003-04 1,419,219 3,613,381
2004-05 1,477,844 3,638,868
2005-06 1,626,597 3,614,112
2006-07 1,642,755 3,370,846
2007-08 1,713,200 3,374,826
2008-09 ¹— 3,728,052
¹ Not yet available.
Source:
NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care.

The number of women with learning difficulties screened each year is not identified within the data collection for either screening programme.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
501 c540-1W; 301413
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Cervical cancer Breast cancer Learning disability Screening
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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