Question follow-through · 119103
Pregnancy: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) UKHSA has made of the potential risks of exposure to high ambient temperatures during pregnancy including (i) stillbirth, (ii) preterm birth and (iii) mat
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) UKHSA has made of the potential risks of exposure to high ambient temperatures during pregnancy including (i) stillbirth, (ii) preterm birth and (iii) mat
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recognise that there are risks to pregnant women caused by exposure to extreme high temperatures, which are set out in the Adverse weather and health plan equity review and impact assessment 2024. T...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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