Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82302

Radiotherapy

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal DemocratWestmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of cancer patients who will require radiotherapy as part of their treatment in each year to 2035.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The number of patients diagnosed with and receiving treatment for cancer is increasing. We expect that these numbers will continue to rise, and consequently that more patients will require radiotherapy as part of their treatment.The most recently availabl...

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