Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take-up rate for cervical screening in (a) England, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) York was in 2017.

The National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme measures coverage rather than uptake rate. NHS England is responsible for monitoring the coverage rates for cervical screening in all age groups and is committed to improving coverage and reducing variation between all age groups.

Data are provided by NHS Digital and are available at:

https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7035/Cervical-screening-programme-coverage

General practitioner/clinical commissioning group level coverage is available at:

http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24229

The percentage of coverage for each area requested as at the end of 2016-17 is: England 72.0%; North Yorkshire 78.1%; York 73.0%.