Question follow-through · 78536

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a young cancer patients travel fund.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
29 Oct 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a young cancer patients travel fund.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to the Rt Hon. Member for Clapham and Brixton Hill on 1 April 2025 to Question 42011.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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