To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of primary care trusts participated in the National Lung Cancer Audit for 2007; and what steps his Department has taken to encourage primary care trusts to participate in the National Lung Cancer Audit for 2008; (277741)

Primary care trusts do not submit data to the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA). Audit data are submitted by 28 cancer networks, covering all the national health service trusts providing services for people with lung cancer. NLCA started in 2005 and coverage has progressively improved. Their 2007 report found that all cancer networks were participating and only six of their constituent NHS trusts did not contribute data.

The NLCA is part of the national clinical audit and patient outcome programme, which comprises over 20 national audits managed by the health quality improvement partnership with funding from the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many lung cancer patients the NHS had in 2007; and how many of these were aged (a) under 50, (b) between 50 and 59, (c) between 60 and 69 (d) between 70 and 79 and (e) 80 or more years old. (277824)

This information is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of lung cancer patients who do not have access to a specialist thoracic surgeon. (277825)

We do not routinely collect this information. It is for local service providers to determine the work force required to deliver the service needs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of lung cancer patients are being treated by a (a) cardio-thoracic and (b) specialist thoracic surgeon in the last 12 months for which figures are available; (277828)

This information is not collected centrally. It is for local service providers to determine the work force required to deliver the service needs.