Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to (a) implementing the national roll-out of lung cancer screening and (b) increasing CT scanner capacity to support the national roll-out of lung cancer screening in each financial year until 2027-2028.

The Targeted Lung Cancer Screening Programme, once fully rolled out in 2030, will offer people aged 55 to 74 who are at high risk of lung cancer, screening every 2 years and will detect around 9,000 cancers earlier each year.

Plans for 2024/25 are currently being finalised by NHS England, including delivery trajectories. Over £100 million of revenue funding is available to support the implementation of the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme in 2024/25.

Plans for 2025/26 and beyond will be subject to the outcome of a future Spending Review.

Assessing the funding required for computed tomography scanner capacity specifically is not possible as much of this capacity is commissioned by NHS England as part of a wider service, using broader programme funds.