Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 106965

Sodium Valproate: Death

Tabled: 20 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government records deaths where harm caused by sodium valproate exposure is listed as a contributing factor.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects and publishes mortality statistics for deaths registered in England and Wales. Deaths in which harm caused by sodium valproate exposure is a contributing factor are not captured as a distinct, searchable c...

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