Question follow-through · 75169

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the progress made on (a) preventing and (b) treating all types of brain tumours.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
11 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the progress made on (a) preventing and (b) treating all types of brain tumours.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises that too little is currently known about how to prevent, diagnose and manage brain tumours, and they remain one of the hardest cancers to treat and a challenging area for research.As with many other cancers, there is currently no...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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