Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibilities for cancer policy that were previously within the remit of his Department are now held by Public Health England staff.

Public Health England is not responsible for policy on cancer, but does ensure the delivery of several cancer related functions including NHS Cancer Screening Programmes, Be Clear on Cancer campaigns, cancer screening quality assurance, the National Cancer Intelligence Network and the National Cancer Registration Service. National strategic oversight and policy on cancer screening, early diagnosis and cancer informatics remains with the Department with 3.5 whole time equivalent posts.