To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been screened for bowel cancer under the national bowel cancer screening programme since its inception. (97032)

Over 6,900 people have been screened since the start of the national bowel cancer screening programme.

The bowel cancer screening programme is an ambitious project, and one of the first of its kind in Europe. When fully implemented, it will detect around 3,000 bowel cancers every year. We are committed to implementing this important programme.