Question follow-through · 76441
Rare Cancers: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the availability of research into less survivable cancers; and what steps his Department is taking to incentivise peo
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2025 · 57 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Care Homes: Closures · 15 Oct 2025
- Dentistry: Training · 19 Nov 2025
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- NHS: Staff · 15 Dec 2025
- Cancer: Health Services · 9 Feb 2026
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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
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the availability of research into less survivable cancers; and what steps his Department is taking to incentivise peo
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department invests £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).The Government is investing in new lifesaving and life-improving research to support those diagnosed wi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Care Homes: Closures
15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent the closure of convalescence facilities in Norfolk.
Dentistry: Training
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has attended meetings with the Secretary of State for Education on the allocation of new dental school places since 1 January 2025.
Cancer: Children and Young People
27 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost incurred by children and young people from North Norfolk for attending their cancer treatment in the nearest specialist treatment centre in Cambrid
NHS: Staff
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the workforce modelling used as the basis for the 10 Year Workforce Plan will be independent; and whether the results of that modelling will be independently assessed and tested.
Cancer: Health Services
9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Action 15 of the National Cancer Plan, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that patients in remote and rural areas with poor access to public transport are not disa
Urgent Treatment Centres: North Norfolk
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support the establishment of an Urgent Treatment Centre in North Norfolk.
Health: Coastal Areas
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings Ministers in his department have attended in relation to coastal health inequalities in 2026.