Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were admitted to hospital via accident and emergency with a (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of malnutrition in each month of the last five years.

The count of finished admission episode (FAE) for patients aged 0 to 17 years old, with a primary or secondary diagnosis of malnutrition or scurvy, where the patient was admitted from accident and emergency, split by year and month of admission for the period January 2018 to March 2022 is shown in the table attached.

Data from April 2022 to March 2023 is provisional and is not included.