A question on #HealthServices #ParentsAndSurrogacy tabled by Mr Andrew Snowden on 23-06-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Health Services: Parents and Surrogacy
Question ID: 1815572
UIN: 62059
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-23
Asking Member ID: 5072
Asking Member display name: Mr Andrew Snowden
Asking Member handle: A_J_Snowden
Asking Member Twitter reference: @A_J_Snowden
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS trusts provide consistent (a) care and (b) guidance to intended (i) parents and (ii) surrogates.
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Date answered: 2025-07-03
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: The Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options, to help people who have difficulty starting their own family. To support intended parents and surrogates, the Department has published the guidance Care in surrogacy: guidance for...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true