Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that (a) local and (b) national data on cancer waiting times is accessible to the public.

Information on the waiting times of people referred by their general practitioner with suspected cancer or breast symptoms and those subsequently diagnosed with and treated for cancer by the National Health Service in England is published on a monthly basis by NHS England. Data is published at national level, by provider and by commissioner, and available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/