Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 123262

Breast Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 24 March 2026
Answered: 7 April 2026

Question

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal DemocratBath

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England will be able to provide robust breast screening data on all protected characteristics.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
NHS England is currently building and rolling out new services for breast screening. The future breast screening service is expected to improve the consistency and completeness of demographic and equality data capture, which should support more robust rep...

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