Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer-related NHS operations were carried out throughout the UK in (a) November 2019, (b) December 2019, (c) January 2020, (d) February 2020 and (e) March 2020.

The information on how many cancer-related National Health Service operations were carried out throughout the United Kingdom is not available in the format requested.

A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of cancer, with a main procedure carried out in England in November 2019, December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020 is provided in the following table. Data for March 2020 is not yet available.

Activity in English NHS hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector:

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital

Note: Provisional data (subject to change following reviews)