Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women over the age of 70 self-referred for breast cancer screening in (a) Surrey Primary Care Trust and (b) England in the last period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. (129045)

The information requested is in the table:

Area	Self/general practitioner referral for breast screening for women aged 70 and over in 2005-06	Self/general practitioner referral for breast screening for women aged 70 and over 2003-04 to 2005-06
East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey Primary Care Trust	297	770
East Surrey Primary Care Trust	45	409
North Surrey Primary Care Trust	136	431
England	45,990	156,089
Source: KC63 The Information Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women in Bolton have been screened for breast cancer over the last five years. (130388)

The information has been set out in the table.

	Numbers screened
2002	13,741
2003	14,823
2004	14,958
2005	14,835
2006	14,590
Note: Figures refer to women between 60-64 screened in Bolton Primary Care Trust. Source: KC63 The Information Centre for health and social care

Volume 458: debated on Thursday 29 March 2007