Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of the most recent data on smear test uptake in the UK.

The National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme measures coverage rather than smear test uptake rate. Data are provided by NHS Digital and are available at:

https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30134

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

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