Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Fit For Future Fund will include purchasing new equipment for endoscopy services used to diagnose bowel cancer.

Increasing capacity to meet demand for diagnostic services and returning to waiting time standards for cancer, including the Faster Diagnosis Standard, are both priorities for the Government.

It is our ambition to introduce a new Fit For the Future fund to provide the National Health Service with the latest technology and to replace outdated equipment to make diagnoses, including cancer diagnoses, more accurate and timely, and to improve the experience for patients.

More detailed plans for future funding will be informed by NHS England's assessment of priorities, and will be set out at the earliest opportunity.