Question follow-through · 112364

Maternity Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent in each of the last 3 years on (a) maternity services and (b) compensation for errors in maternity services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
12 Feb 2026
Answer
23 Feb 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent in each of the last 3 years on (a) maternity services and (b) compensation for errors in maternity services.

  2. 12 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The following table shows the annual spend for providing maternity care for each of the last three years:YearAnnual spend2022/23£4,722,376,5942023/24£5,174,161,6372024/25£5,790,365,917Source Patient-Level Costing dataset, NHS National Cost Collection, NHS...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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