To ask the Secretary of State for Health what total expenditure by the NHS on diabetes was in each year since 2000-01. (118132)

The figures are not available in the format requested. The report by Derek Wanless, “Securing good health for the whole population: Final report—February 2004”, states that the total cost to the national health service of treating diabetes is £1.3 billion per year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of people with (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes in each year since 1997; how many finished episodes of care relating to the treatment of diabetes there have been in each year since 1997; what estimate she has made of the number of patients who will have each type of diabetes in 2010; and if she will make a statement. (118136)

Data on the number of people with diabetes are not collected centrally in the form requested.

The number of patients diagnosed with diabetes identified by general practitioner (GP) practices in England in 2004-05 was 1.76 million people¹. Figures are not available for type 1 and type 2 diabetes separately.

The number of patients diagnosed with diabetes identified by GP practices in England in 2005-06 was 1.89 million people². It is estimated that approximately 25 per cent. of people who have diabetes are currently undiagnosed, and so the actual number of people with the condition is likely to be significantly higher, perhaps over 2.3 million. Figures are not available for type one and type 2 diabetes separately.

Projections suggest that in England, around 2.6 million people will have diabetes by 2010³.

Sources:

¹ 2004-2005 quality and outcomes framework data published by the Health and Social Care information centre. This is the first year of data from this source.

² 2005-06 quality and outcomes framework data published by the Health and Social Care information centre.

³ PBS diabetes prevalence model.