Housing: Health
(asked on 16th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential number of excess deaths in winter 2022-23 due to unhealthy housing; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 24th November 2022
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates excess winter deaths (EWDs) retrospectively by comparing the number of deaths which occurred in December to March, with the average of the preceding and subsequent four-month periods. However, the ONS does not estimate the number of EWDs specifically attributed to unhealthy homes and the Department does not model this on a prospective basis.