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Written question asked by Conor McGinn (Independent (affiliation)) on Wednesday, 24 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 January 2024. It was answered by Maria Caulfield (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 February 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Measles: North West

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of measles cases there are in (a) St Helens and (b) the North West.

Answer

The UK Health Security Agency publishes routine data on laboratory confirmed measles. As provided in the latest published data between 1 January 2023 and 30 November 2023 there have been eight laboratory confirmed cases in the North West.

Monthly cases by age and region are available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-epidemiology-2023/confirmed-cases-of-measles-in-england-by-month-age-and-region-2023

This routine report does not include a breakdown of cases by local authority due to small numbers and the risk of deductive disclosure.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11357
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Measles North West
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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