To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of (1) measles, (2) whooping cough, (3) mumps, (4) rubella, and (5) polio, were recorded in each of the last three years.
Answered on
23 June 2025
The following table shows the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) routinely published data on laboratory confirmed cases of measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in 2022, 2023, and 2024:
Disease | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
Measles | 2,911 | 367 | 53 |
Mumps | 137 | 161 | 59 |
Rubella | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pertussis | 14,894 | 856 | 68 |
The United Kingdom was declared polio-free by the World Health Organization in 2003. The last case of natural polio infection acquired in the UK was in 1984.
Answered by
Department of Health and Social Care