Question follow-through · 123262
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England will be able to provide robust breast screening data on all protected characteristics.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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- Children in Care · 9 Sept 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
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England will be able to provide robust breast screening data on all protected characteristics.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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7 Apr 2026
Answer published
NHS England is currently building and rolling out new services for breast screening. The future breast screening service is expected to improve the consistency and completeness of demographic and equality data capture, which should support more robust rep...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Children in Care
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introducing a "special circumstances" policy permitting 16- and 17-year-olds with specific