To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list data on the incidences of cancer among (a) workers in the nuclear industry and (b) citizens residing in the locality of nuclear plants; and if he will make a statement.

The incidence of disease among specific groups of workers is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment.In respect of persons residing in the vicinity of nuclear installations, a report entitled "Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the vicinity of nuclear installations, England and Wales 1959–80, (HMSO 1987)" was presented by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in the series "Studies on Medical and Population Subjects", (No. 51). The report was published on 27 March 1987; copies were placed in the Library.