United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 13679
Breast Cancer: Genetics
Original
Introduced
26 June 2026
Last action
3 July 2026 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
3 July 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) define populations with high risk of carrying harmful breast cancer (BRCA) gene variants and (b) increase testing levels amongst those communities.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
26 June 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) define populations with high risk of carrying harmful breast cancer (BRCA) gene variants and (b) increase testing levels amongst those communities.
Source: Commons
3 July 2026
Answer
Genomic testing in the National Health Service in England is provided through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service and delivered by a national genomic testing network of seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLHs). The NHS GLHs deliver testing as directed by the...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Department of Health and Social Care · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-26/13679
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1920952
- uk · wq-1920952 · source updated 3 July 2026