Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 109093

Epilepsy: Children

Tabled: 28 January 2026

Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children in England are epileptic.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Department does not hold information on the number of children in England with epilepsy. However, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline cites evidence that epilepsy affects about 533,000 in England and Wales, 112,000 of whi...

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