Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61132

Congenital Abnormalities: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder

Tabled: 19 June 2025

Answered: 8 July 2025

Question

John Glen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children with a diagnosis of foetal valproate syndrome also have a diagnosis of (a) spina bifida, (b) neural tube defects, (c) cardiac malformations, (d) kidney malformations and (e) cleft

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Everyone who has been harmed from sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies. The information requested is not held centrally.