Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ban people from going abroad to obtain paid surrogacy in poorer countries.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government has no plans to restrict international travel for surrogacy. We recognise that surrogacy is a complex and sensitive issue, but we do not support arrangements in which any party may be at risk of exploitation. We have issued guidance for those considering surrogacy overseas, clearly outlining the possible risks for individuals returning to the United Kingdom with a child born through an international arrangement.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that palliative care for seriously ill children is not dependent on where they live.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. We know there are inequalities in access to high-quality palliative and end of life care, and we, alongside NHS England, are looking at how best to reduce these.

NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications, which outline areas for consideration when commissioning palliative and end of life care services and, within this, there is reference to improving equity of access and reducing inequity in outcomes and experiences. Additionally, NHS England has developed a palliative and end of life care dashboard, which brings together all relevant local data in one place. The dashboard helps commissioners understand the palliative and end of life care needs of their local population, enabling integrated care boards to put plans in place to address and track the improvement of health inequalities, and ensure that funding is distributed fairly, based on prevalence.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the exploitation of women in poorer countries involved in surrogacy.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK does not support international surrogacy involving any form of exploitation and is committed to eradicating all forms of modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking in line with Sustainable Development Goal 8.7. Globally the UK is proud to defend and promote universal and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights. At the multilateral level, and through our diplomatic and Official Development Assistance partnerships, we advocate that all people have the right to make informed decisions about childbearing, including if, whether and when to have children. Family planning interventions, including surrogacy, must always be voluntary and rooted in a human rights-based approach.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many student midwives are expected to graduate in England and Wales in 2025; and, of these, how many are expected to find employment as midwives following graduation.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department does not hold an expected figure for midwives graduating in England and Wales for 2025, or for how many of these graduates will find employment as midwives following graduation.

In order to give a sense of scale, data published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service shows that there were 3,395 acceptances to undergraduate midwifery courses in England in 2022, and a further 180 in Wales. These students would largely be expected to complete their three-year studies in 2025. The Department does not have a forecast rate of attrition for these students to forecast graduating numbers.

To give a sense of the level of recent midwifery graduates joining the profession, data published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council shows that the number of United Kingdom trained midwives joining the register who had a resident address in England or Wales in the 12 months to March 2024 was 2,503.

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