Question follow-through · 2360
Life Expectancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy between Bristol Central and the rest of the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy between Bristol Central and the rest of the UK.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2026
Answer published
Healthy life expectancy at birth in the City of Bristol is currently 60.1 years for both males and females. This compares to the England average of 60.9 years for males and 61.3 years for females, and the United Kingdom average of 60.7 years for males and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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