Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 60447

Lyme Disease

Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK currently suffer with Lyme disease.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland there are approximately 1,000 to 1,500 laboratory confirmed cases every year, and in Scotland there are approximately 500 laboratory diagnosed cases.Previous studies have shown that there are approximately 2,000 add...
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