Question follow-through · 24657
Streptococcus: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the present risk-factor-based approach used to identify women at increased risk of passing Group B Streptococcus to their baby during labour.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the present risk-factor-based approach used to identify women at increased risk of passing Group B Streptococcus to their baby during labour.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Members to the answer provided to the Hon. Member for Slough on 24 October 2025 in response to Question 82361.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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