To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many radiographers were (a) directly employed and (b) employed by contractor in the NHS for breast cancer screening in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005. (138576)

[holding answer 21 May 2007]: The numbers of radiographers directly engaged in breast screening are not collected centrally.

The overall numbers of diagnostic radiographers directly employed by the national health service for the years 2003-05 were:

The numbers of radiographers employed by contractors are not collected centrally.