Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the potential inequity in (a) diabetes prevalence, (b) care and (c) outcomes in England; and what steps he plans to take to help reduce the rise in number of people being diagnosed with type 2.

The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is available to anyone identified as being at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Local systems receive regular data on whether the numbers of people accessing the programme who are black or minority ethnic or who live in areas of higher deprivation are proportionate to the local population.

Additionally, in September 2020 the National Health Service started piloting a low calorie diet programme to support people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to lose weight, and make better decisions about their health.

In 2022/23, funding worth £36m was allocated to independent care boards, weighted by local levels of deprivation, to support more people to receive all recommended diabetes care processes, alongside other NHS Long Term Plan diabetes commitments.