Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 34747

Lung Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 28 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Paul Davies

LabourColne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to provide for the national lung cancer screening programme in each the next three years; and on what evidential basis his Department has determined that level of funding.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Funding for national lung screening is set by NHS England. The Department has set stretching targets for the National Health Service to improve cancer performance next year, and the Spending Review prioritised investment into the health service, with a £2...

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