Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the pregnancy loss certificate will be introduced in England; and whether this certificate will be offered retrospectively to parents who have experienced a loss before 24 weeks of pregnancy.

The pregnancy loss certificates are currently being developed with NHS Business Services Authority and we hope to confirm a date for introduction in due course. The pregnancy loss certificates will be offered retrospectively to parents who have experienced a pre-24 weeks pregnancy loss. The introduction of pregnancy loss certificates in England will allow a non-statutory, voluntary scheme to enable parents who have experienced a pre-24 weeks pregnancy loss to record and receive a certificate to provide recognition of their baby’s potential life.