Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many confirmed cases of cholera there have been in the UK in the last 10 years.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) holds data on cholera cases diagnosed in the United Kingdom by the Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit.

The number of people with cholera in the UK is published as part of the UKHSA’s Travel-associated infection report. The latest report, published in August 2025, and previous reports, can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/travel-associated-infections

There have been 132 diagnosed cases of cholera in the UK between 2015 and June 2025. All cases have been linked with travel outside the UK. The following table shows the number of confirmed cases of cholera per year:

Note: data is available to 30 June 2025.