Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87857
Genetics: Research
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 26 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has (a) commissioned and (b) plans to commission studies using (i) genomic datasets, (ii) UK Biobank and (iii) Genomics England to estimate levels of (A) inbreeding and (B) r
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Department has not, and has no plans to, commission such research via Genomics England, UK Biobank, Our Future Health, or the National Institute for Health and Care Research.