Question follow-through · 3363
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve the (a) early detection and (b) timely treatment of bowel cancer in young adults.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 49 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve the (a) early detection and (b) timely treatment of bowel cancer in young adults.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government is determined to improve early diagnosis and timely treatment for bowel cancer, including in young adults.The Government is increasing the sensitivity of faecal immunochemical tests for bowel cancer screening to catch more bowel cancers at ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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