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Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were diagnosed with breast cancer in the constituencies of (a) Aldridge-Brownhills, (b) Birmingham Edgbaston, (c) Birmingham Erdington, (d) Birmingham Hall Green, (e) Birmingham Hodge Hill, (f) Birmingham Ladywood, (g) Birmingham Northfield, (h) Birmingham Perry Barr, (i) Birmingham Selly Oak, (j) Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, (k) Birmingham Yardley, (l) Bromsgrove, (m) Burton, (n) Cannock Chase, (o) Coventry North East, (p) Coventry North West, (q) Coventry South, (r) Dudley North, (s) Dudley South, (t) Halesowen and Rowley Regis, (u) Hereford, (v) Leominster, (w) Lichfield, (x) Ludlow, (y) Meriden, (z) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (aa) Nuneaton, (bb) Redditch, (cc) Rugby and Kenilworth, (dd) Shrewsbury and Atcham, (ee) Shropshire North, (ff) Solihull, (gg) Stafford, (hh) Staffordshire Moorlands, (ii) Staffordshire South, (jj) Stoke-on-Trent Central, (kk) Stoke-on-Trent North, (ll) Stoke-on-Trent South, (mm) Stone, (nn) Stourbridge, (oo) Stratford-upon-Avon, (pp) Sutton Coldfield, (qq) Tamworth, (rr) Telford, (ss) The Wrekin, (tt) Walsall North, (uu) Walsall South, (vv) Warley, (ww) Warwick and Leamington, (xx) Warwickshire North, (yy) West Bromwich East, (zz) West Bromwich West, (aaa) Wolverhampton North East, (bbb) Wolverhampton South East, (ccc) Wolverhampton South West, (ddd) Worcester, (eee) Worcestershire Mid, (fff) Worcestershire West and (ggg) Wyre Forest in each year since 1997. [308173]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many people were diagnosed with breast cancer in the constituencies of (a) Aldridge-Brownhills, (b) Birmingham Edgbaston, (c) Birmingham Erdington, (d) Birmingham Hall Green, (e) Birmingham Hodge Hill, (f) Birmingham Ladywood, (g) Birmingham Northfield, (h) Birmingham Perry Barr, (i) Birmingham Selly Oak, (j) Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, (k) Birmingham Yardley, (1) Bromsgrove, (m) Burton, (n) Cannock Chase, (o) Coventry North East, (p) Coventry North West, (q) Coventry South, (r) Dudley North, (s) Dudley South, (t) Halesowen and Rowley Regis, (u) Hereford, (v) Leominster, (w) Lichfield, (x) Ludlow, (y) Meriden, (z) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (aa) Nuneaton, (bb) Redditch, (cc) Rugby and Kenilworth, (dd) Shrewsbury and Atcham, (ee) Shropshire North, (ff) Solihull, (gg) Stafford, (hh) Staffordshire Moorlands, (ii) Staffordshire South, (jj) Stoke-on-Trent Central, (kk) Stoke-on-Trent North, (11) Stoke-on-Trent South, (mm) Stone, (nn) Stourbridge, (oo) Stratford-upon-Avon, (pp) Sutton Coldfield, (qq) Tamworth, (it) Telford, (ss) The Wrekin, (It) Walsall North, (uu) Walsall South, (vv) Warley, (ww) Warwick and Leamington, (xx) Warwickshire North, (yy) West Bromwich East, (zz) West Bromwich West, (aaa) Wolverhampton North East, (bbb) Wolverhampton South East, (ccc) Wolverhampton South West, (ddd) Worcester, (eee) Worcestershire Mid, (fff) Worcestershire West and (ggg) Wyre Forest in each year since 1997. (308173)

The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer (incidence) are for the year 2007. Please note that these numbers may not be the same as the number of people diagnosed with cancer, because one person may be diagnosed with more than one cancer.

Table 1 provides the numbers of newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer for each year from 1997 to 2007 in the parliamentary constituencies of (a) Aldridge-Brownhills, (b) Birmingham Edgbaston, (c) Birmingham Erdington, (d) Birmingham Hall Green, (e) Birmingham Hodge Hill, (f) Birmingham Ladywood, (g) Birmingham Northfield, (h) Birmingham Perry Barr, (i) Birmingham Selly Oak, (j) Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, (k) Birmingham Yardley, (1) Bromsgrove, (m) Burton, (n) Cannock Chase, (o) Coventry North East, (p) Coventry North West, (q) Coventry South, (r) Dudley North, (s) Dudley South, (t) Halesowen and Rowley Regis, (u) Hereford, (v) Leominster, (w) Lichfield, (x) Ludlow, (y) Meriden, (z) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (aa) Nuneaton, (bb) Redditch. (cc) Rugby and Kenilworth, (dd) Shrewsbury and Atcham, (ee) North Shropshire, (ff) Solihull, (gg) Stafford, (hh) Staffordshire Moorlands, (ii) South Staffordshire, (jj) Stoke-on-Trent Central, (kk) Stoke-on-Trent North, (ll) Stoke-on-Trent South, (mm) Stone, (nn) Stourbridge, (oo) Stratford-on-Avon, (pp) Sutton Coldfield, (qq) Tamworth, (rr) Telford, (ss) The Wrekin, (tt) Walsall North, (uu) Walsall South, (vv) Warley, (ww) Warwick and Leamington, (xx) North Warwickshire, (yy) West Bromwich East, (zz) West Bromwich West, (aaa) Wolverhampton North East, (bbb) Wolverhampton South East, (ccc) Wolverhampton South West, (ddd) Worcester, (eee) Mid Worcestershire, (fff) West Worcestershire and (ggg) Wyre Forest.

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Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed eases of breast cancer( 1) , persons( 2) , parliamentary constituencies( 3) , 1997 to 2007( 4)
Persons
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Aldridge-Brownhills	43	61	60	56	79	66	51	83	85	51	87
Birmingham Edgbaston	79	47	69	66	56	64	70	48	57	69	79
Birmingham Erdington	59	74	53	63	60	55	71	53	59	87	41
Birmingham Hall Green	55	65	51	56	71	53	63	77	46	53	77
Birmingham Hodge Hill	49	60	52	41	54	43	34	41	61	52	50
Birmingham Ladywood	30	33	36	43	34	33	35	26	34	35	40
Birmingham Northfield	50	41	59	52	37	59	51	44	65	41	39
Birmingham Perry Barr	54	46	63	59	51	48	48	58	62	64	53
Birmingham Selly Oak	59	62	59	65	57	57	79	53	69	55	54
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath	38	62	48	38	40	42	46	53	37	36	52
Birmingham Yardley	48	67	43	52	48	52	48	60	53	53	47
Bromsgrove	70	75	58	78	81	65	84	67	67	101	75
Burton	79	55	53	73	32	63	81	55	94	92	66
Cannock Chase	54	56	56	79	58	69	81	52	87	89	69
Coventry North East	58	61	60	48	60	54	63	82	56	51	66
Coventry North West	79	70	74	87	56	80	79	52	67	57	65
Coventry South	72	60	48	48	63	78	48	71	76	61	76
Dudley North	66	70	66	67	75	89	63	89	73	61	89
Dudley South	61	61	57	64	62	60	77	76	61	74	71
Halesowen and Rowley Regis	61	73	62	71	59	78	65	55	64	66	59
Hereford	83	83	66	85	64	74	89	91	76	89	92
Leominster	81	58	72	63	66	75	90	89	90	93	95
Lichfield	50	60	67	73	55	71	63	42	120	82	85
Ludlow	64	73	68	94	75	59	82	81	71	63	102
Meriden	57	76	90	74	79	90	87	84	93	77	72
Newcastle-under-Lyme	59	58	66	66	62	81	61	64	96	63	78
Nuneaton	57	56	54	62	56	96	88	51	82	74	62
Redditch	55	51	52	49	68	69	42	72	63	45	70
Rugby and Kenilworth	71	96	83	69	83	94	65	87	100	65	102
Shrewsbury and Atcham	55	69	92	84	85	97	68	79	80	81	94
North Shropshire	75	59	69	80	79	73	91	83	74	113	74
Solihull	72	102	109	81	87	102	86	114	91	101	93
Stafford	57	57	57	64	82	71	66	68	117	68	74
Staffordshire Moorlands	75	50	54	49	63	66	78	57	71	65	49
South Staffordshire	60	64	55	57	88	60	75	98	98	94	105
Stoke-on-Trent Central	53	62	41	40	44	46	66	64	38	60	54
Stoke-on-Trent North	46	55	54	55	54	59	54	46	90	48	50
Stoke-on-Trent South	64	69	66	54	73	58	62	110	50	51	92
Stone	82	59	73	82	60	84	97	55	95	101	53
Stourbridge	60	49	65	56	69	66	73	65	76	65	69
Stratford-on-Avon	95	77	79	88	77	103	115	76	121	98	96
Sutton Coldfield	77	80	90	80	93	79	67	78	92	69	103
Tamworth	47	51	48	63	88	58	47	93	68	73	103
Telford	31	48	50	54	43	52	41	36	67	52	56
The Wrekin	44	47	76	64	49	63	73	72	70	82	63
Walsall North	63	53	53	60	60	65	72	73	76	73	57
Walsall South	48	52	52	56	67	46	63	64	47	67	52
Warley	39	72	48	62	51	45	55	45	47	52	50
Warwick and Leamington	86	78	70	73	99	75	103	99	74	94	89
North Warwickshire	57	67	68	63	61	74	81	90	66	59	77
West Bromwich East	43	48	54	46	49	57	48	36	67	47	58
West Bromwich West	47	64	62	66	69	41	54	53	62	69	65
Wolverhampton North East	52	50	55	53	50	47	70	65	64	65	61
Wolverhampton South East	31	31	49	53	40	43	57	39	48	59	42
Wolverhampton South West	51	67	58	62	72	72	58	77	44	85	85
Worcester	64	50	78	62	73	66	73	57	78	65	73
Mid Worcestershire	79	66	72	52	89	64	68	126	80	75	109
West Worcestershire	69	73	74	81	66	67	71	78	88	88	64
Wyre Forest	78	78	81	95	69	55	99	98	76	94	106

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