Written questions

Pregnancy: Drugs

Commons · Question 87253 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

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

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 11 Nov 2025

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 ...