Written questions

Cancer: Children

Commons · Question 78552 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he is taking to support parents who have to leave work following a child’s diagnosis of cancer.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 21 Nov 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 children and young people with cancer, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and i...