Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in each of the last five years.

This information is not collected.

Fibromyalgia UK has estimated that around 2.5 million people in the United Kingdom are affected by fibromyalgia based on a study conducted in 2010. The study is available at:

www.fmauk.org/general-articles-highlights-208/372-survey-of-five-european-countries-prevalence-of-fibromyalgia