Question follow-through · 47035

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41043 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, what the cost was of each machine.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
24 Apr 2025
Answer
28 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41043 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, what the cost was of each machine.

  2. 24 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Specific information relating to which machines were purchased, including the supplier and the cost, is considered commercially sensitive, and as such will not be made public.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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