To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress she is making towards measuring waiting times from routine referral to seeing a specialist in cases where a patient is subsequently diagnosed with (a) breast cancer and (b) any other cancer; and what timetable her Department has for measuring such waiting times. (102435)

These data are not collected centrally. The NHS is only required to report data to support monitoring of current waiting times standards, including urgent referrals for suspected cancer. The timetable for commencing measurement of routine referrals through to treatment begins in January 2007 to support delivery of the 18 week maximum wait from referral to treatment