Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applicants for NHS Continuing Healthcare died before a decision was made on their case by the relevant clinical commissioning group.

This information is not held.

Data is published on the number of completed NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments in England on the NHS England statistical webpage, however, this does not specify whether or not the individual had died by the time of a decision on NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility. The data is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-chc-fnc/2017-18/