Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the variation in the dementia diagnosis rate between local authorities; and if she will make a statement.

NHS England has commissioned the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Dementia Intelligence Network to investigate the underlying variation in dementia diagnosis rates in targeted areas in England. This includes the assessment of population characteristics such as rurality, ethnicity and age to provide context for any variation and enable targeted investigation and provision of support.