Life Expectancy: Poverty
Commons · Question 30954 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jas Athwal
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the link between life expectancy and trends in the level of poverty.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 18 Feb 2025
Health inequalities in the United Kingdom are stark, with life expectancy differing dramatically between and within communities. People living in the most deprived areas are likely to die earlier and spend more years in ill health than those living in the...