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Written question asked by Mark Hendrick (Labour) on Friday, 28 August 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. It was answered by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 September 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Temperature: Death

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of additional deaths (a) related to and (b) caused by extreme weather temperatures; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce that number.

Answer

I refer the Hon Member to the report published by the UK Health Security Agency on excess deaths linked to the heatwaves in May and June, available at the link below, and to the accompanying response from my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa-report-shows-2877-excess-deaths-caused-by-may-and-june-heatwaves


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
19843
Session
2026-27
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Death Temperature
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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