Question follow-through · 81352
Maternity Services: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bedrooms are available for parents and carers in neonatal units, broken down by (a) region, (b) Integrated Care Board, (c) Trust and (d) in England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 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
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bedrooms are available for parents and carers in neonatal units, broken down by (a) region, (b) Integrated Care Board, (c) Trust and (d) in England.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Not all maternity hospitals are currently able to offer adequate accommodation for families who have experienced a bereavement. This is due to the historic undercapitalisation across the National Health Service, as highlighted by the Darzi Report. As a fi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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