Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make a statement to the House following the publication of the NICE Methods Review programme manual; and if he will include in the statement his assessment on whether the outcome of the Review can support access to personalised cancer treatments.

There are no current plans to do so. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for its own methods and processes. NICE currently expects to consult stakeholders on proposed changes to its methods and processes in the summer.