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Sodium Valproate: Death

Commons · Question 106965 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2026

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Asked by Bob Blackman

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

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 27 Jan 2026

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...