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	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tuberculosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the recent increase in cases of tuberculosis.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>To support tuberculosis (TB) control in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England launched a collaborative TB Action Plan in July 2021. This has specific actions and measurable objectives to improve the prevention, detection, and control of TB in England. This action plan is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tuberculosis-tb-action-plan-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tuberculosis-tb-action-plan-for-england</a></p><p>The UKHSA and NHS England continue their work with partners to raise awareness of TB among vulnerable communities and healthcare professionals, to support early detection and diagnosis of TB. The measures identified in the action plan are currently being reviewed in the light of the current increase in cases, to ensure resources are focused on the actions with the highest benefit.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/04/2024 15:00:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1701390

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tuberculosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the recent increase in cases of tuberculosis.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	21930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Comprehensive analyses of surveillance data in relation to tuberculosis (TB) in England are published in the UK Health Security Agency’s annual reports, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tuberculosis-in-england-2023-report-data-up-to-end-of-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tuberculosis-in-england-2023-report-data-up-to-end-of-2022</a></p><p>Provisional 2023 data indicates that notifications have increased by over 10%, from 4,380 in 2022 to 4,850 in 2023. Non-United Kingdom born individuals account for an increasing proportion of TB notifications in England, accounting for 79.1% of notifications in 2022. Approximately half of those notifications were within six years of entry to the UK.</p><p>People with TB continued to be concentrated in large urban areas, and in the most deprived postcodes. Social risk factors, including alcohol or drug misuse, homelessness, imprisonment, mental health needs, and asylum seeker status, were reported in 16% of individuals notified with TB in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 24/04/2024 10:12:02 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell