Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions for (a) hypoglycaemia and (b) diabetic ketoacidosis there were in each local commissioning area of people aged (i) 17 and under, (ii) between 17 and 65 and (iii) 65 and over in each of the last 10 years.

The attached table shows finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of hypoglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis by primary care trust (PCT) of residence for ages (i) 0 to 17, (ii) 18 to 64 and (iii) 65 and over from 2003-04 to 2012-13. PCT of residence has been used as this data is available for the 10 year period requested.

The data we have provided should not be considered a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on more than one occasion.

Reference should be made to the footnotes when interpreting the data.