§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were recorded as suffering from food allergies in each of the last five years. [56909]
§ Ms BlearsData are not available for the prevalence of food allergy by individual year. The number of individuals suffering allergic reactions to food in the developed countries of the western world appears to be 1215W on the increase, which is in line with increases seen in other atopic diseases such as hay fever and asthma. In the UK general population, the calculated prevalence of adverse reactions to food (including food allergy) is less than 2 per cent.