To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary care consultations for rheumatoid arthritis in the latest year for which figures are available; and at what average cost. (289458)

We have made no estimate of the number, and cost, of primary and secondary consultations for rheumatoid arthritis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of rheumatoid arthritis to (a) the NHS and (b) the social care system in the latest year for which figures are available. (289566)

We have made no estimate of the cost of rheumatoid arthritis to the national health service and social care system.