Written question asked by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative) on Monday, 9 June 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 June 2025. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Monday, 23 June 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Notifiable diseases: Diagnosis
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of (1) measles, (2) whooping cough, (3) mumps, (4) rubella, and (5) polio, were recorded in each of the last three years.
- Answer
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The following table shows the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) routinely published data on laboratory confirmed cases of measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in 2022, 2023, and 2024:
Disease
2024
2023
2022
Measles
2,911
367
53
Mumps
137
161
59
Rubella
0
0
0
Pertussis
14,894
856
68
The United Kingdom was declared polio-free by the World Health Organization in 2003. The last case of natural polio infection acquired in the UK was in 1984.
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- HL8243
- Session
- 2024-26
- Related items
- Subjects
- Diagnosis Rubella Whooping cough Mumps Measles Polio
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- Yes
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