Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 65755

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

Tabled: 8 July 2025

Answered: 16 July 2025

Question

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative — Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence (a) his Department and (b) the MHRA have on the numbers of people harmed by Sodium Valproate in pregnancy.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Everyone who has been harmed from sodium valproate has our deepest sympathies. The Department does not collect information about the numbers of people harmed by sodium valproate in pregnancy.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has rece...

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