Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what projection has been made of the proportion of the UK population to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in each of the next 10 years.
Answered by Steve Brine
Data on the proportion of the United Kingdom population to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years are not collected in the format requested.
Public Health England produces estimates of total (diagnosed and undiagnosed) diabetes prevalence for people aged 16 years and over in England up to 2035. The prevalence estimates do not distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The prevalence estimates are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diabetes-prevalence-estimates-for-local-populations
Projections have only been published in five year time intervals from 2020 onwards. The following table presents the estimated prevalence of diabetes in England from 2018 to 2030.
Year | Prevalence (%) | Number |
2018 | 8.6 | 4,089,864 |
2019 | 8.7 | 4,147,109 |
2020 | 8.7 | 4,204,334 |
2025 | 9.1 | 4,511,653 |
2030 | 9.3 | 4,800,491 |
The National Diabetes Audit (NDA) has not published information on people who developed Type 2 diabetes or other diabetes in the last 12 months. Type 2 or other diabetes includes people with Maturity-onset Diabetes of the Young, other and non-specified diabetes type.
The most recent NDA report found 194,640 people that were newly diagnosed with type 2 or other diabetes in 2015. Further information is available here:
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who developed type 2 diabetes in the last twelve months.
Answered by Steve Brine
Data on the proportion of the United Kingdom population to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years are not collected in the format requested.
Public Health England produces estimates of total (diagnosed and undiagnosed) diabetes prevalence for people aged 16 years and over in England up to 2035. The prevalence estimates do not distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The prevalence estimates are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diabetes-prevalence-estimates-for-local-populations
Projections have only been published in five year time intervals from 2020 onwards. The following table presents the estimated prevalence of diabetes in England from 2018 to 2030.
Year | Prevalence (%) | Number |
2018 | 8.6 | 4,089,864 |
2019 | 8.7 | 4,147,109 |
2020 | 8.7 | 4,204,334 |
2025 | 9.1 | 4,511,653 |
2030 | 9.3 | 4,800,491 |
The National Diabetes Audit (NDA) has not published information on people who developed Type 2 diabetes or other diabetes in the last 12 months. Type 2 or other diabetes includes people with Maturity-onset Diabetes of the Young, other and non-specified diabetes type.
The most recent NDA report found 194,640 people that were newly diagnosed with type 2 or other diabetes in 2015. Further information is available here:
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money the NHS spent on treating (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) type 2 diabetes in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Brine
This information is not held centrally in the format requested. Diabetes is a disease which is treated in a number of settings and we are unable to supply all of the relevant information about resources dedicated to its treatment.
However, we have provided the following information showing costs that can be specifically linked with the treatment and procedures related to diabetes.
The following table shows admitted patient care activity and costs relating to diabetes treatments for the last five years. These include diabetes with hypoglycaemic disorders, diabetes with lower limb complications, paediatric diabetes mellitus and amputations for diabetes or arterial diseases. Admitted patient care costs are collected by Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments which use common levels of healthcare resource.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 83,259 | £1,454 | £121,023,538 |
2013-14 | 87,928 | £1,689 | £148,482,529 |
2014-15 | 90,476 | £1,664 | £150,543,394 |
2015-16 | 96,045 | £1,705 | £163,781,529 |
2016-17 | 100,438 | £1,698 | £170,524,487 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The following table shows activity and costs for procedures carried out in an outpatient setting relating to treatment of diabetes in the last five years. These include diabetes with hypoglycaemic disorders and procedures relating to amputations for diabetes or arterial diseases. As with admitted patient care these costs are collected by HRG.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 49 | £190 | £9,332 |
2013-14 | 8 | £127 | £1,019 |
2014-15 | 11 | £135 | £1,485 |
2015-16 | 29 | £114 | £3,292 |
2016-17 | 27 | £131 | £3,525 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The following table shows activity and costs for the last five years for diabetic nursing/liaison community contacts. These contacts are part of specialist nursing and are split by adult and child, and face to face and non-face to face contacts.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 954,597 | £57 | £54,662,501 |
2013-14 | 1,029,199 | £57 | £58,775,899 |
2014-15 | 1,003,517 | £57 | £57,432,609 |
2015-16 | 1,050,930 | £62 | £65,277,436 |
2016-17 | 1,213,243 | £59 | £71,943,167 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The information provided in these tables is likely to be an underestimate of total spend on diabetes in all relevant settings.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of treating (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) type 2 diabetes in each of the next 10 years.
Answered by Steve Brine
This information is not held centrally in the format requested. Diabetes is a disease which is treated in a number of settings and we are unable to supply all of the relevant information about resources dedicated to its treatment.
However, we have provided the following information showing costs that can be specifically linked with the treatment and procedures related to diabetes.
The following table shows admitted patient care activity and costs relating to diabetes treatments for the last five years. These include diabetes with hypoglycaemic disorders, diabetes with lower limb complications, paediatric diabetes mellitus and amputations for diabetes or arterial diseases. Admitted patient care costs are collected by Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments which use common levels of healthcare resource.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 83,259 | £1,454 | £121,023,538 |
2013-14 | 87,928 | £1,689 | £148,482,529 |
2014-15 | 90,476 | £1,664 | £150,543,394 |
2015-16 | 96,045 | £1,705 | £163,781,529 |
2016-17 | 100,438 | £1,698 | £170,524,487 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The following table shows activity and costs for procedures carried out in an outpatient setting relating to treatment of diabetes in the last five years. These include diabetes with hypoglycaemic disorders and procedures relating to amputations for diabetes or arterial diseases. As with admitted patient care these costs are collected by HRG.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 49 | £190 | £9,332 |
2013-14 | 8 | £127 | £1,019 |
2014-15 | 11 | £135 | £1,485 |
2015-16 | 29 | £114 | £3,292 |
2016-17 | 27 | £131 | £3,525 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The following table shows activity and costs for the last five years for diabetic nursing/liaison community contacts. These contacts are part of specialist nursing and are split by adult and child, and face to face and non-face to face contacts.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 954,597 | £57 | £54,662,501 |
2013-14 | 1,029,199 | £57 | £58,775,899 |
2014-15 | 1,003,517 | £57 | £57,432,609 |
2015-16 | 1,050,930 | £62 | £65,277,436 |
2016-17 | 1,213,243 | £59 | £71,943,167 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The information provided in these tables is likely to be an underestimate of total spend on diabetes in all relevant settings.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average annual cost to the NHS is of treating a patient with (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) type 2 diabetes.
Answered by Steve Brine
This information is not held centrally in the format requested. Diabetes is a disease which is treated in a number of settings and we are unable to supply all of the relevant information about resources dedicated to its treatment.
However, we have provided the following information showing costs that can be specifically linked with the treatment and procedures related to diabetes.
The following table shows admitted patient care activity and costs relating to diabetes treatments for the last five years. These include diabetes with hypoglycaemic disorders, diabetes with lower limb complications, paediatric diabetes mellitus and amputations for diabetes or arterial diseases. Admitted patient care costs are collected by Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments which use common levels of healthcare resource.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 83,259 | £1,454 | £121,023,538 |
2013-14 | 87,928 | £1,689 | £148,482,529 |
2014-15 | 90,476 | £1,664 | £150,543,394 |
2015-16 | 96,045 | £1,705 | £163,781,529 |
2016-17 | 100,438 | £1,698 | £170,524,487 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The following table shows activity and costs for procedures carried out in an outpatient setting relating to treatment of diabetes in the last five years. These include diabetes with hypoglycaemic disorders and procedures relating to amputations for diabetes or arterial diseases. As with admitted patient care these costs are collected by HRG.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 49 | £190 | £9,332 |
2013-14 | 8 | £127 | £1,019 |
2014-15 | 11 | £135 | £1,485 |
2015-16 | 29 | £114 | £3,292 |
2016-17 | 27 | £131 | £3,525 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The following table shows activity and costs for the last five years for diabetic nursing/liaison community contacts. These contacts are part of specialist nursing and are split by adult and child, and face to face and non-face to face contacts.
Year | Activity | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
2012-13 | 954,597 | £57 | £54,662,501 |
2013-14 | 1,029,199 | £57 | £58,775,899 |
2014-15 | 1,003,517 | £57 | £57,432,609 |
2015-16 | 1,050,930 | £62 | £65,277,436 |
2016-17 | 1,213,243 | £59 | £71,943,167 |
Source: NHS Improvement Reference Costs
The information provided in these tables is likely to be an underestimate of total spend on diabetes in all relevant settings.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average amount of sugar consumed by a person in the UK (a) in one week, (b) in one year and (c) over the course of their life.
Answered by Steve Brine
The latest data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey shows that the average daily intake of free sugars for men and women aged 19-64 years in the United Kingdom was 64.3g and 50.0g per day respectively in 2014/15-2015/16.
Data on how much sugar is consumed by a person in the UK per week and per year are not available in the format requested.
Further information is available at the following link:
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who have a gambling addiction.
Answered by Steve Brine
Estimates of the numbers of people who are problem gamblers are not readily available, but the Health Survey for England does provide percentage prevalence rates. In 2016, 0.7% of people in England were identified as problem gamblers.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of IAPT services for the treatment of people with problem gambling disorders.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Over 900,000 people now access Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services each year, and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health includes our commitment to expand services further to see a further one million more people treated for mental health problems every year by 2020. Although problem gambling is not listed amongst the provisional diagnosis categories that IAPT treats, IAPT practitioners would be able to treat common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety which may affect people with gambling problems.
A new version of the IAPT dataset is being developed and it is intended that gambling problems will be recorded in the revised dataset. This would enable us to better assess the impact of IAPT services on people with gambling problems.
People who experience problems with gambling can access services in primary care and secondary care including specialised mental health and addiction services. There are a range of services available details of which can be found on the NHS Choices website. For example, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has a national problem gambling clinic which accepts referrals from all over the United Kingdom including those with mental health problems.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have received counselling or other treatment for an addiction to gambling in the last six months.
Answered by Steve Brine
Information on the number of people who have received counselling or treatment for an addiction to gambling is not held centrally.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2018 to Question 126149, what steps he is taking to initiate discussions with representatives from social media companies on restricting junk food adverts available to children.
Answered by Steve Brine
The restrictions on food and drink advertising put in place to protect children are based on a tool called a Nutrient Profiling Model. Each food and drink is assigned a score based on how much sugar, fat, salt, fruit, vegetables and nuts, fibre and protein it contains, which helps to determine whether individual products should or should not be advertised to children. The Government committed to updating the current Nutrient Profiling Model in the childhood obesity plan to ensure it reflects the latest Government dietary guidelines. Public Health England is working with academics, industry, health non-Governmental organisations and other stakeholders to deliver on this commitment and will consult on the updated model in early 2018. Social media companies will be able to contribute to this process.