Question follow-through · 111713
Sodium Valproate: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children who have (a) been harmed by sodium valproate use during pregnancy and (b) received a diagnosis of Foetal Valproate Spectrum.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children who have (a) been harmed by sodium valproate use during pregnancy and (b) received a diagnosis of Foetal Valproate Spectrum.
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold information regarding the number of children that have been harmed by sodium valproate use during pregnancy, or those who have received a diagnosis of foetal valproate spectrum.The National Disease Registration Service in NHS ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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