Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with a respiratory disease diagnosis live in (a) St Helens, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.

Data on the total number of people with a respiratory disease diagnosis are not available. The Quality Outcomes Framework collects data on the number of patients recorded on general practice registers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) or asthma.