Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117487

Life Expectancy: Sandwell

Tabled: 3 March 2026

Answered: 16 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Sarah Coombes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, after factoring in the national decline in healthy life expectancy referenced in the answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115639, for what reason Sandwell has seen a further decline in HLE for men an

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

According to the Office for National Statistics, the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased mortality during 2020, 2021, and 2022, and explains the national decline observed in healthy life expectancy (HLE) since 2020. Some negative impact remains in the late...

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