Question follow-through · 9375
Children: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department's Notification of Child Death Form asks about the gender with which the child identified at the time of their death in cases where the child was over 10; and whether
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 48 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
15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department's Notification of Child Death Form asks about the gender with which the child identified at the time of their death in cases where the child was over 10; and whether
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Notification of Child Death Form, part of the National Child Mortality Database, continues to capture the sex of the child for anyone under the age of 18 years old, in line with sex being a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.Although...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ovarian Cancer: Health Education
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Ovarian Cancer: Health Services
22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure all women across England with ovarian cancer get access to the best possible treatment.
Hospices
14 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what short-term steps his Department is taking to help support hospices to maintain levels of service; and whether his Department is taking long-term steps to reform funding for hospices.
Pharmacy: Staff
26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce regulations to ensure that a pharmacist is always present in an open pharmacy to facilitate the sale of pharmacy medicines,
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to encourage further negotiation between (a) NICE, (b) Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited and (c) AstraZeneca on the supply of Enhertu.
Dental Services: Finance
3 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any funding previously allocated to the Dental Recovery Plan has been withdrawn.
Defibrillators: Railway Stations
9 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to help ensure that emergency services are provided with up to date information on the (a) location and (b) status of defibrillators installed at train stations.
Defibrillators: Railway Stations
9 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that all defibrillators installed at train stations are (a) registered and (b) visible on The Circuit national defibrillator network website.
NHS: Drugs
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Pharmacy
3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's response to the consultation on hub and spoke dispensing, last updated on 13 May 2024, what his planned timetable is for introducing the legislative amendments ou
GP Surgeries
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support GP practices to acquire larger premises.
Sexual and Reproductive Health: Reigate
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the capacity of sexual health (a) drop in clinics and (b) services in Reigate constituency.