Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase cancer (a) screening and (b) treatment.

The Government committed in the NHS Long Term Plan to detect 75% of cancers at stage 1 or 2, and for 55,000 more people to survive cancer for five years in England each year from 2028.

We have established a comprehensive Screening Improvement Programme that includes actions we need to take to improve our national screening programmes and save even more lives through the early detection of cancer. We are also trialling the expansion of the Breast Screening Programme, offering additional screening to 47-49 and 71-73 year old women through the AgeX trial.

We are increasing cancer treatment through investing in Cancer Alliances across England to ensure each cancer patient gets the right care for them. This includes the establishment of Rapid Diagnostic Centres - for the first time there will be a route of referral for patients with non-specific symptoms that could indicate cancer.