Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96699
Congenital Abnormalities
Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 92671 on Congenital Abnormalities, if he will publish the guidance issued by NHS England on submitting consanguinity and pregnancy data to the
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedNHS England has published guidance on how to submit data about consanguinity and pregnancy to the Maternity Services Dataset (MSDS). The guidance is publicly available on NHS Digital’s website under “MSDS Consanguinity Data Quality Guidance”.