Question follow-through · 43051

Prostate Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the last 12 months.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
3 Apr 2025
Answer
8 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the last 12 months.

  2. 3 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 March 2025 to Question 37562.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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