Written questions

Cancer: Clinical Trials

Commons · Question 49667 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by Paul Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for age-based exclusion criteria in cancer clinical trials; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that young people have equitable access to participation i

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 6 May 2025

The Department is committed to maximising the United Kingdom’s potential to lead the world in clinical research, with the aim of ensuring that all patients, including teenagers and young adults with cancer, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and ...