Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on the potential impact of the draft non-statutory guidance on abortion clinic safe access zones on (a) patients and (b) medical professionals.

Officials in the Department of Health and Social Care are in regular contact with officials at the Home Office about the draft non-statutory guidance on abortion clinic safe access zones. To ensure the balance of the guidance is right, the Home Office launched a public consultation on 11 December 2023, to which all those with an interest, including patients and medical professionals, are encouraged to respond.

No recent discussions have been held at ministerial level with the Secretary of State for the Home Office on the potential impact of the draft guidance on patients and medical professionals.