Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 88063

Cancer: Out of Area Treatment

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 14 January 2026

Question

Brian Leishman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the average (a) distance travelled and (b) cost incurred by (i) children and (ii) young people from Scotland when attending cancer treatment in England; and what

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department is responsible for healthcare in England. In Scotland, health is a devolved matter. The Department has not made an assessment of the average distance travelled or the cost of travel for young cancer patients from Scotland when attending can...

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