Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight of cancer Patient Tracking Lists is undertaken by (a) the UK Health Security Agency and (b) his Department.

NHS England collects management information on the number of patients on the Patient Tracker Log waiting for cancer treatment and whether they have waited less than 62 days, more than 62 days or more than 104 days. This data is reviewed at weekly and monthly intervals by the Department. NHS England also publish national data on the number of people waiting more than 62 days each month.