Lyme Disease
2026-05-20 · Department of Health and Social Care · 3905 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of cases of Lyme disease in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the United Kingdom.
Answer
Lyme disease is monitored in England and Wales through routine surveillance. The UK Health Security Agency’s Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory provides Lyme disease laboratory testing services for England and Wales and data is published in the quarte...