Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been diagnosed with amyloidosis in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Amyloidosis is the name for a group of rare, serious conditions caused by a build-up of an abnormal protein called amyloid in organs and tissues throughout the body.

The information is not held in the format requested. Hospital Episode Statistics data show that in the financial year of 2012-13 there were 1,716 finished admission episodes that had a primary diagnosis of amyloidosis. In the following years there were 2,111 (2013-14), 2,589 (2014-15), 2,668 (2015-16) and 2,703 (2016-17) admissions, respectively, that had a primary diagnosis of amyloidosis. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.