Life Expectancy
Commons · Question 1475 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 20 May 2026
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy between the country’s most and least deprived communities.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 20 May 2026
The Government’s 10-Year Health Plan sets out our ambitious commitment to halve the healthy life expectancy gap between the richest and poorest regions. We know that reducing the gap will require action on challenges that are more prevalent in areas with ...