Question follow-through · 65753
Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to financially respond to increases in the number of children affected by Valproate in pregnancy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to financially respond to increases in the number of children affected by Valproate in pregnancy.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of providing healthcare to asylum seekers.
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Maternity Services: Standards
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Maternity Services: Standards
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