Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the calls the breast cancer screening helpline has received were from someone whose screening invitation was not sent and have had a screening appointment offered as a result of that call; and how many such appointments have taken place.

The screening helpline had handled a total of 50,163 calls and received 26,423 requests for screens as of 10 June 2018. The total number of appointments for mammography offered to 5 June 2018 is 31,508, with younger women being invited directly rather than through the helpline.

The link between calls and mammograms completed is complex and data cannot be compared directly. Therefore the helpline data for women who have subsequently attended for a mammogram will be finalised later in the year.