Question follow-through · 17965
Lung Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in each year since 2015.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in each year since 2015.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) collects data on cancer incidence across a range of tumour types and stages. Data showing the annual incidence rate of stage four lung cancer can be found at the following link:https://nhsd-ndrs.shinyapps.i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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