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Puberty Suppressing Hormones: Children

Commons · Question 94867 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2025

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Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what aggregated safety data, including adverse-event summaries, the MHRA has recorded relating to the use of puberty blockers in under-18s since 2010; and whether the Department has been informed o

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Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 17 Dec 2025

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring medicines, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion meet applicable standards of safety, quality, and efficacy. The MHRA rigorously assesses available ...