Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117486

Life Expectancy

Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Sarah Coombes

LabourWest Bromwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to half the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
It is a priority for the Government to halve the gap between the richest and the poorest regions and to ensure that everyone, no matter where they are born, lives well for longer. We recognise that recently released Office for National Statistics Data on ...

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