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Maternity Services: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials are working on the independent investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal care.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 12 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 17 Nov 2025
Answer: 11 Dec 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Votes on this topic

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline

12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials are working on the independent investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal care.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
There are 31 officials currently working on the Independent Investigation into Maternity and Neonatal care. The full time equivalent (FTE) for the investigation team is approximately 28 FTE, taking into account individuals working part-time and in job-sha...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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