United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 85148
Cervical Cancer: Screening
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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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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
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-27/85148
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1844960
- uk · wq-1844960 · source updated 12 November 2025