Written questions

Breast Cancer: Screening

Commons · Question 22311 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Juliet Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people at increased risk of breast cancer receive adequate screening and wrap-around support.

Answer

Answered by James Frith, 7 Sep 2026

The National Cancer Plan for England, published in February this year, committed to define and count recurrent cancers, starting with breast cancer. The National Disease Registration Service is working towards publishing a baseline figure of metastatic br...