Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants of his Department have met Health Education England to discuss cancer workforce issues since January 2016.

Cancer survival rates are now at a record high in England. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health regularly meets with Health Education England (HEE) to discuss workforce matters, including the progress it has made on its commitment to deliver a workforce with the right skills and competences to deliver high-quality modern cancer services.

Departmental officials also regularly meet with HEE as a member of the National Cancer Transformation Board, the group which has been tasked with overseeing the implementation of the 2015 Cancer Strategy.