Question follow-through · 65335
Perinatal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional (a) neonatal, (b) stillbirth and (c) maternal deaths have occurred since 2018 compared to the Government’s target to halve 2010 rates by 2025; and what steps he is taking to mee
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2025 · 9 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
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional (a) neonatal, (b) stillbirth and (c) maternal deaths have occurred since 2018 compared to the Government’s target to halve 2010 rates by 2025; and what steps he is taking to mee
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2025
Answer published
While there has been some good progress in reducing the rates of stillbirths and neonatal death, the most recent data indicates that we are not on track to meet the Maternity Safety Ambition, set under the previous administration.We do not hold analysis o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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