Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential correlation between the prevalence of diabetes and measures of deprivation across the country.

The National Diabetes Audit records the Index of Multiple Deprivation status of diabetes patients (and other patient characteristics) and presents this data annually. This is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/national-diabetes-audit/national-diabetes-audit-report-1-care-processes-and-treatment-targets-2016-17

In 2016/17, type 2 diabetes was 60% more common among people in the most deprived quintile compared with those in the least deprived quintile; 24% of people with type 2 diabetes were from the most deprived quintile compared to 15% from the least deprived quintile in England.