Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a decision has been made on what sensitivity threshold the faecal immunochemical test will be set at when it is introduced into the bowel cancer screening programme; and if he will make a statement.

No final decision has been taken yet on the sensitivity threshold for the faecal immunochemical test on its introduction to the bowel cancer screening programme from April 2018.

NHS England is working with partners in Public Health England and the Department to inform this decision and is working through its regional teams to assess capacity in relation to a number of thresholds. The Department is confirming the process for decision making, which is likely to conclude this autumn.