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Congenital Abnormalities

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 19 January 2026UIN 102886

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2025 to WPQ 96699, if he will provide a hyperlink to that information.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

Guidance on how to submit data about consanguinity and pregnancy to the Maternity Services Dataset is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-sets/maternity-services-data-set/guidance/msds-consanguinity-data-quality-guidance

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