Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cervical smear tests have taken place in the NHS in each month of 2020 to date.

Information on the number of cervical smear tests carried out between January and April 2020 is not currently available. Information on cervical screening uptake rates is published quarterly by NHS Digital and can be found on their website using the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cervical-screening-programme/cervical-screening-programme-coverage-statistics-management-information