Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the National Diabetes Audit Young People with Type 2 Diabetes Report 2019-20, published by NHS Digital on 12 August 2021; what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in under 40’s being four times higher in the most deprived areas than in the least deprived areas; and whether he is taking steps to reduce inequalities in type 2 diabetes risk among young adults and children living in more and less deprived areas.

No specific assessment has been made. Given the inequalities in who develops type 2 diabetes we continue to work with the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) providers and integrated care systems to raise awareness and boost uptake from those in deprived groups.