Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of and (b) funding available to the UK National Screening Committee.

The range and expertise of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) members has been reviewed and adapted since the remit of the UK NSC expanded last year following the Chief Medical Officer’s recommendations. The capacity of the UK NSC Secretariat has been re-evaluated in that context. Recruitment is currently underway for additional staff to support the work of the UK NSC.