PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme: Cancer (19 April 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide financial support for the cost of travelling to hospital by cancer patients who do not qualify for the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.

Asked by:
Jess Phillips (Labour)

Patients who do not qualify for the HTCS and are on low incomes may be able to claim the costs from the Department for Work and Pensions through the Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payment schemes.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
24 April 2023