Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the uptake of breast cancer screening in (a) London and (b) the North East London Health and Care Partnership.

Uptake of breast screening declined during the pandemic but is now increasing although London uptake levels remains below England levels. The national acceptable level for coverage in the NHS Breast Screening Programme is 70%.

The following table shows the 2022/23 coverage by local authority in the North East London Health and Care Partnership, with an average coverage of 50.8%:

Source: Breast screening annual statistics, NHS England