Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase the transparency of NICE's decisions on the Cancer Drugs Fund to remove any restrictions on treatment use arising from budgetary pressures and increase its level of engagement with members of the public.

The operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund is the responsibility of NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence does not have a role in the management of the Fund.

NHS England has a standard operating procedure for the Fund, which is available at:

www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/cdf/