Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement on 26 June 2023, of a national lung screening programme, what proportion of the eligible population for targeted lung screening is already covered by the NHS targeted lung health check programme; by what date she plans to reach all the eligible population in Yorkshire; how the order of the programme rollout across England will be decided; and whether smoking cessation will be offered as an opt-out, integrated service in all lung screening appointments.

The Targeted Lung Health Checks currently reach approximately 15% of the eligible population. The programme will be fully rolled out by 2028. Within that time frame the pace of roll out is designed at a local level by the cancer alliances. Smoking cessation will be an integral part of the programme as recommended by the UK National Screening Committee and set out by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.