Breast Cancer: Screening Anne Milton 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. Ms Rosie Winterton 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 | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Crausby To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women in Bolton have been screened for breast cancer over the last five years. Ms Rosie Winterton 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| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------