Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What steps he is taking with local authorities to help ensure the accountability of locally elected representatives.”
Tabled: 1 March 2022Answered: 7 March 2022
Asked by
Sir John Whittingdale
Conservative — Maldon
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Ashley Dalton)
This Government are investing an extra £26 billion in the NHS, opening up community diagnostic centres at evenings and weekends and delivering 5 million more appointments to catch cancer earlier. We are making progress: 135,000 more patients have already had cancer diagnosed or ruled out within the 28-day target compared with the previous year—a lot done, and a lot more to do.