Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Targeted Lung Health Check sites are planned to begin operation in each financial year until 2027-28.

NHS England is responsible for the running of the Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) Programme, and the roll out of the NHS Targeted Lung Cancer Screening Programme. NHS England does not hold the number of TLHC sites that will be in operation in each financial year until 2027/28. This is because the TLHC programme has moved away from the initial pilot sites, and towards a national rollout of a targeted lung cancer screening programme. The focus is therefore on overall population coverage, rather than the number of sites.

Plans for 2024/25 are currently being finalised by NHS England, including trajectories for expected population coverage. Plans from 2025/26 and beyond will be subject to the outcome of a future Spending Review. The programme is expected to have invited approximately 25% of the currently eligible population by the end of March 2024.