Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people had Hepatitis C in each of the last five years.

Public Health England receives laboratory reports of hepatitis C cases from England and Wales; these reports are presented by year in the following tables and the figures reflect those who have been tested. Data for the combined laboratory reports for England and Wales are available from 2013 and published in the Quarterly laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A virus and hepatitis C reports in England and Wales, available to view at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/laboratory-reports-of-hepatitis-a-and-c-2017

The most recent estimates suggest that in 2015, around 160,000 people in England are living with hepatitis C infection.

Laboratory reports of hepatitis C by year, England and Wales; 2013 to 2016

Source: From the Health Protection Report: Laboratory reports of hepatitis C: annual data

Laboratory reports of hepatitis C in year 2012, England

Source: Hepatitis C in England: 2018 report

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/693917/HCV_in_England_2018.pdf

Laboratory reports of hepatitis C in year 2012, Wales

Source: Hepatitis C in the UK 2015: annual report

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/448710/NEW_FINAL_HCV_2015_IN_THE_UK_REPORT_28072015_v2.pdf