Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many diagnoses of measles there have been in the last 12 months.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publishes routine data on laboratory confirmed measles.

Between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, there have been 368 laboratory confirmed cases in the England. From 1 October 2023, there have been 730 laboratory confirmed measles cases reported in England.

The 2023 data is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-epidemiology-2023/confirmed-cases-of-measles-in-england-by-month-age-and-region-2023

As part of the national incident response, 2024 data is currently being published weekly at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-epidemiology-2023/national-measles-standard-incident-measles-epidemiology-from-october-2023