Life Expectancy: Yorkshire and the Humber

(asked on 7th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Health Mission announced in the Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper, if he will publish the projected change in Healthy Life Expectancy for (a) Hemsworth constituency, (b) Wakefield local authority and (c) Yorkshire and Humber region in each year to 2035.


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Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 14th February 2022

The metrics through which progress on increasing Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) will be measured, including the geographical coverage, are set out in Figures 15 and 16 in the Technical Annex to the White Paper. The Office for National Statistics publishes data on HLE by upper tier local authority in England, local authority in Wales, council areas in Scotland, and local government districts in Northern Ireland.

The Health Disparities White Paper, expected to be published in Spring 2022, will set out the strategy to tackle the core drivers of disparities in health.

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