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United Kingdom · Question · Written question

UIN 85148

Cervical Cancer: Screening

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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27 October 2025

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12 November 2025 · Answer

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12 November 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of lowering the age at which women are offered their first smear test.

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  1. 27 October 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of lowering the age at which women are offered their first smear test.

    Source: Commons

  2. 12 November 2025

    Answer

    The cervical screening age in the United Kingdom was officially changed from 20 to 25 years old in 2003. This decision was made by the Advisory Committee on Cervical Cancer Screening which advised the NHS Cervical Screening Programme to raise the starting...

    Source: Written answer

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