Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78010

Miscarriage

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Sir Mark Hendrick

Labour (Co-op)Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to routinely monitor and report miscarriage rate trends; and what steps he has taken to reduce the rate of miscarriages.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The risk of miscarriage is estimated at 15%, or approximately 100,000-150,000 miscarriages per year in the United Kingdom. However, due to lack of data on the earliest losses, the true figure could be higher at approximately 250,000 a year. An update to d...

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