Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review the statutory guidance on the sharing of live birth data.

The Government has no plans to review the statutory guidance on the sharing of live birth data.

The Department for Education’s statutory guidance for children’s centres is clear that health services and local authorities should share information, such as live birth data, with children’s centres on a regular basis. It is important that professionals work together to identify families who are in need of support and offer them that support.