Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16946

Surrogacy: Parenting Orders

Tabled: 8 July 2026

Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Mims Davies

Conservative — East Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the number of parental order applications for surrogate born babies made by single men in the courts of England and Wales since 2019 on safegu

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

There has been no assessment made of the potential impact of the number of parental order applications for surrogate born babies made by single men in the courts of England and Wales since 2019 on safeguarding risks.The Children and Family Court Advisory ...

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