Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many trust-apportioned Clostridium Difficile cases were reported in each year since 2010-11.

Public Health England publishes the annual counts and rates of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections by acute trust and clinical commissioning group in patients aged two years and over at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/clostridium-difficile-infection-annual-data

A copy of the table showing the financial year counts and rates of C. difficile infection for patients aged two years and over by acute trust (trust apportioned cases only) is attached