Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with hepatitis E in each of the last five years.

Laboratory confirmed cases of hepatitis E infection are reported to Public Health England.

The number of reported cases of hepatitis E in England and Wales reported to Public Health England by year (2012 to 2016) can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hepatitis-e-symptoms-transmission-prevention-treatment/hepatitis-e-symptoms-transmission-treatment-and-prevention