Question follow-through · 74790
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on tackling racial disparities in maternity care in the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 24 Sept 2025 · 21 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
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on tackling racial disparities in maternity care in the UK.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Sept 2025
Answer published
Officials in the Office for Equality and Opportunity and the Department of Health and Social Care are working collaboratively to tackle this issue. The government is clear there is a need to reform maternity and neonatal care to tackle the systemic issues...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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