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Down's Syndrome: Lancashire |
| Question ID: |
1814461 |
| UIN: |
61276 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5072 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Andrew Snowden
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| Asking Member handle: |
A_J_Snowden
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@A_J_Snowden
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve early diagnosis and support for children born with Down syndrome in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
Pregnant people will be offered a screening test for Down syndrome between 10 and 14 weeks of pregnancy. If the screening test shows that the chance of the baby having Down syndrome is higher than one in 150, this is called a higher-chance result. People ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |