Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87859

Hereditary Diseases

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the public purse for NHS of treating (a) congenital and (b) genetic disorders arising from consanguineous unions.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department does not hold this information.