Question follow-through · 901011
Cancer: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the detection and diagnosis of cancer in children and young people.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the detection and diagnosis of cancer in children and young people.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Children and young people with cancer face unique challenges. Our National Cancer Plan is the first to contain a specific section on children and young people. Its 17 actions include better access to diagnostic services, and evidence-based support tools f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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