Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) asthma and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) each London borough in each of the last five years.

The number of people recorded on the disease register and the prevalence for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, at England level from 2009-10 to 2013-14 is provided in the attached table. Data is provided at Area Team and Clinical Commissioning Group level for 2012/13 and 2013/14 and at Strategic Health Authority and Primary Care Trust level for 2009/10 to 2011/12.

Data for the London boroughs can also be found in the accompanying spreadsheet.