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Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Health Education
Tuesday 1st April 2025

Asked by: Torcuil Crichton (Labour - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to support a national public awareness campaign on prostate cancer risk factors and the benefits of early detection for high-risk groups.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England run Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms and address the barriers to acting on them, to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of symptoms, as well as encouraging body awareness to help people spot symptoms across a wide range of cancers at an earlier point.

The Department continues to advise patients to follow National Health Service guidance on signs and symptoms of several types of cancer, including prostate cancer. This advice is available publicly on the NHS.UK website, at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/prostate-cancer/

To address disparities and find ways to better detect prostate cancer earlier, we have invested £16 million in the United Kingdom-wide TRANSFORM trial, aimed at helping find the best ways of detecting prostate cancer in men, even if they are not displaying any symptoms. This research will aim to address some of the inequalities that exist in prostate cancer diagnosis by targeting black men in trial recruitment, ensuring that one in ten participants are black men.

We have also asked the National Screening Committee to review the evidence for prostate cancer screening, including for high-risk groups like black men.

Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 305
Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 62
Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 306
Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 170
Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 299 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 302
Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 167
Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 298 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 167
Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 104
Division Vote (Commons)
31 Mar 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context
Torcuil Crichton (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 291 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 164