Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87253

Pregnancy: Drugs

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 11 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when research funding was last given for anti-seizure medications in pregnancy.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Between 2020 and 2024 the Department, through its research delivery arm the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR), has invested approximately £5.34 million through direct awards to research into anti-seizure or anti-epilepsy medication in ...

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