Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiotherapy machines in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire integrated care board area are beyond the recommended 10-year lifespan.

The Department does not hold detailed information about the age of radiotherapy machines, as local systems are responsible for radiotherapy treatment services.

The new radiotherapy machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that patients have access to the most up-to-date treatments. The £70 million of central funding is not intended to replace every machine aged 10 years and older, and the spending on machines remains the responsibility of local systems. Those trusts which have been allocated funding for a new machine from this £70 million central fund will be informed soon.