Oral QuestionChurch Commissioners

To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what proposals the Church of England has to put the maintenance of churches and cathedrals on a sustainable basis.

Tabled: 2 December 2021Answered: 9 December 2021

Asked by

Dr Neil Hudson

ConservativeEpping Forest

Answering Minister

the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)

More patients are now getting world-leading testing technology in the NHS as part of our mission to revolutionise cancer care in this country. The Government are spending £600 million a year in capital on diagnostics, including for the first time funding for the automation of histopathology laboratories to improve productivity. We are also funding pathology networks to reach digital maturity by 2026, which will reduce unnecessary waits and repeated tests.