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Tonsils: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tonsillectomies were carried out on children in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tonsillectomies were carried out on children in each of the last five years.

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    A count of finished consultant episodes in England for children aged zero to 17 years old with a primary or secondary procedure of tonsillectomy from 2020/21 to 2024/25 is as follows:between 2020/21 there were 9,706 procedures;between 2021/22 there were 1...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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