Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were admitted to hospital as a result of flu in each year since 2010-11.
Public Health England monitors the number of people admitted to hospital with influenza in a sentinel group of National Health Service trusts each year. The number of people admitted to hospital as a result of flu in these trusts, and the mean weekly rate of admission for each season since 2010-11 is attached.