Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82218

Maternity Services: Reviews

Tabled: 14 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

John Whitby

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made towards publishing the family engagement strategy and methodology for the National Maternity Investigation.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The national maternity and neonatal investigation is operationally independent of the Department and, therefore, we do not hold this information.