Written questions

Bowel Cancer: Women

Commons · Question 74091 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women aged between (a) 50-60 and (b) 60-70 years olds have been diagnosed with bowel cancer in the last 12 months.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 9 Sep 2025

Using the Rapid Cancer Registration Data between June 2024 and May 2025, the most recent 12-month period available:a total of 2,221 female patients aged 50 to 59 years old were diagnosed with bowel cancer in England; anda total of 3,380 female patients ag...