Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 69887

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Kevin Bonavia

LabourStevenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for prostate cancer screening.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises ministers on all screening matters, does not recommend population screening for prostate cancer. As such, England does not currently have a national screening programme that requires funding from...

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