Babies
(asked on 22nd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a register of babies naturally born before 24 weeks gestation.
This question was answered on 3rd September 2014
All live births in England and Wales must be registered, regardless of gestational age. Data on live births by gestation are collected by the Office for National Statistics and published annually (as part of the statistical bulletin on gestation-specific infant mortality in England and Wales).
There are no current plans to establish a separate register of babies born before 24 weeks gestation.