Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average overall cost for bowel cancer patients was in each of the last five years.

Information on the average overall cost for bowel cancer patients is not specifically recorded.

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has set out how the Department will receive an additional £22.6 billion in resource spending in 2025/26, compared to 2023/24, which will support the National Health Service to deliver 40,000 additional elective appointments a week, to help bring down waiting lists, which includes appointments for cancer patients.