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Question follow-through · 65734

Sodium Valproate: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of prescriptions for sodium valproate given to women between the ages of 18 and 52 in 2024.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
22 Jul 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of prescriptions for sodium valproate given to women between the ages of 18 and 52 in 2024.

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The number of prescription items prescribed in England to women between the ages of 18 to 52 years old for sodium valproate in the calendar year 2024 was 201,834.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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