Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) major and (b) minor amputations have been carried out as a result of (i) Type 1 and (ii) Type 2 diabetics in each Clinical Commissioning Group area in each of the last five years.

Tables showing the number of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who were admitted to hospital for a major, and minor amputation in each clinical commissioning group (CCG) in each of the five financial years from 2012-13 to 2016-17 are attached. Diabetes type is reported as ‘type 1’ and ‘type 2 and other’ within the National Diabetes Audit.

The cause of the amputation is not recorded in the data, so we are unable to categorically state that the amputations have been carried out as a result of diabetes.

Data is only shown for a CCG when more than five people with diabetes were admitted to hospital for a minor, and major amputation. This means the overall number of amputations shown for a CCG may be greater than the figures shown for individual years.