{"value":{"id":1623391,"askingMemberId":4523,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-04-24T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-04-26T00:00:00","uin":"182373","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible women attended a breast screening in London in 2022; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all eligible women receive timely breast cancer screenings in London.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4679,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-05-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The following table shows the number of women screened in London and the proportion of eligible women who attended a breast screening in London between April 2021 and March 2022, the latest data available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Eligible population</p></td><td><p>Number of women screened</p></td><td><p>Coverage (less than three years since last test)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>865,198</p></td><td><p>480,474</p></td><td><p>55.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have invested £10 million into the breast screening programme, which will provide 28 new breast screening units to be targeted at areas with the greatest challenges of uptake and coverage.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Breast Cancer: Greater London","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1623391","method":"GET"}]}