Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people were diagnosed with cancer in (a) Bexley and (b) London in each of the last five years. (216881)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 8 July 2008:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people were diagnosed with cancer in (a) Bexley and (b) London in each of the last five years [216881]

The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases (incidence) of cancer are for the year 2005. Figures requested are given in the table below.

*Numbers of newly diagnosed cases of cancer*¹ *registered in Bexley local authority and London government office region, 2001 to 2005*
Persons
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Bexley	984	946	955	1,002	955
London	26,448	26,159	26,782	25,863	25,818
¹All cancers, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, are classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10): C00-C97 excluding C44 Source: Office for National Statistics

Volume 478: debated on Tuesday 8 July 2008