Written questions

Cervical Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 65771 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage young women to attend cervical cancer screenings.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 11 Jul 2025

The NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England provides all women and people with a cervix between the ages of 25 and 64 years old with the opportunity to be screened routinely to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) infection or cervical abnormalities at a...