Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent cold home deaths in winter 2022-23.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will publish its annual review of the ‘Cold weather plan for England’ shortly. The plan is developed based on the advice provided by Government Departments and agencies, including the UKHSA, the Department for Health and Social Care, the Cabinet Office, the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Met Office, NHS England, local authorities, the Local Government Association and Age UK.

It aims to prevent the major avoidable effects on health during periods of cold weather by alerting people to the negative health effects and enabling them to prepare and respond appropriately.