To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which primary care trusts responded to the survey of exceptional funding requests described in appendix 1 of the report to him by the National Cancer Director, Improving access to medicines for NHS patients, published on 4 November 2008; and, for each primary care trust, what the (a) number of exceptional circumstances requests made in the last 12 months was, (b) number of exceptional circumstances requests made for cancer treatment in the last 12 months was, (c) proportion of all exceptional circumstances requests made in the last 12 months which were approved was and (d) proportion of all exceptional circumstances requests made in the last 12 months for cancer treatments which were approved was; (245619)

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 927-28W.