Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the NHS target of treating 85% of cancer patients within 62 days is being met in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

The Department does not collect this data. The data collected by NHS England is not collected at a constituency level. Data on what proportion of cancer patients in the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board received a first treatment within the 62-day cancer waiting time standard can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/

In March 2026, the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board performed at 75.4% on the 62-day cancer waiting time standard. This exceeds the Operational Planning Guidance for NHS systems to perform at 75% by March 2026. We have committed in the recently published National Cancer Plan to improve performance against the 62-day standard by the end of this Parliament.