Tony Baldry
The Second Church Estates Commissioner
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people in the (a) working and (b) total population suffering from (i) one long-term condition and (ii) two long-term conditions; and what he estimates the above numbers will be in (A) 10 years time and (B) 20 years time.
Paul Burstow
The Minister of State, Department of Health
The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Number (million) | ||
| (a) | Number of people in work force with one or more long-term conditions | 10.7 |
| (b)(i) | Number of people with one long-term condition | 10.4 |
| (b) (ii) | Number of people with two or more long-term conditions | 5.0 |
| (i) (A) | Estimate over next 10 years for people with one or more long-term conditions | 15.4 |
| (i) (B) | Estimate over next 20 years for people with one or more long-term conditions | 17.9 |
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