Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the joint report by the UK Health Security Agency and the Office for National Statistics showing the effect of the summer 2022 record temperatures on excess mortality, published 7 October 2022; and what discussions he had had with Cabinet colleagues on this matter.

We continue to have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on health issues, including the impact of heatwaves. We are currently assessing evidence and actions in response to this summer’s temperatures, including the report of 7 October.