Question follow-through · 37562
Prostate Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the last 12 months.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 21 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments · 17 Mar 2025
- Prescription Drugs: Misuse · 17 Mar 2025
- Migraines · 19 Mar 2025
- Migraines · 19 Mar 2025
- Migraines: Sick Leave · 19 Mar 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the last 12 months.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Mar 2025
Answer published
The latest available data show that prostate cancer was the most diagnosed cancer in England in 2022, with 54,732 new diagnoses. This is an increase of 11,354 more registrations than in 2021.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase public preparedness for out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest.
Prescription Drugs: Misuse
17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of misuse of prescription drugs.
Migraines
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that the Government's UK Neurology Forum include migraine as a priority for (a) discussion and (b) policy recommendations.
Migraines
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of including migraine as a category within the (a) Get Britain Working white paper and (b) workforce participation and pr
Migraines: Sick Leave
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of migraine-related absenteeism on the economy.
Migraines
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that migraine is recognised within (a) the Access to Work scheme and (b) workplace health and disability strategies.
Migraines: Health Services
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made in the levels of of regional variations in waiting times for specialist migraine treatment.
Parkinson's Disease: Medical Treatments
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with devolved governments to help ensure the equal provision of NICE-approved treatments across the UK for (a) advanced and (b) complex Parkinson’s disease.
Measles
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of measles cases across the UK.
Malnutrition: Children
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle severe malnutrition in people under the age of 18.
Glaucoma: Health Services
24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's system strategy unit has plans to focus on (a) glaucoma and (b) irreversible blindness.
Glaucoma: Health Services
24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) glaucoma and (b) irreversible blindness will be incorporated in the NHS 10-Year Health Plan.