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Respiratory Diseases: Somerset

Asked by Adam DanceLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 September 2026UIN 19648

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the volume of preventable deaths in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset due to respiratory diseases.

Answered by Department of Health and Social Care

Data on the number of deaths due to respiratory disease, as well as which were considered preventable, is available at the following link:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/respiratory-disease/data

Data is not available at a Parliamentary constituency level.

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