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Dementia

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 July 2025UIN 65722

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with dementia in (a) 2025 and (b) 2029.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

No specific estimate has been made for the number of people with dementia in 2029.

The Dementia Surveillance Factsheet estimates that, in May 2025, there were 740,640 people aged 65 years old and over estimated to have dementia in England. Of these, 485,653 have been formally diagnosed.

This factsheet uses Primary Care Dementia Data, which replaced the Recorded Dementia Diagnosis data in October 2022.

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