asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many people died of cancer in Northern Ireland each year for the past 10 years; and if he will give the number for males and females separately;(2) if he will give for the most recent available 12-month period the number of deaths from cancer; and if he will distinguish the deaths by cancer sites.

I refer the hon. Member to the fifty-sixth annual report of the Registrar General for Northern Ireland 1977. The information he seeks is given in abstract 12 and table M respectively.