United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 91280
Folic Acid: Flour
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14 November 2025
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19 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mandatory folic acid fortification on people with MTHFR gene variants.
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14 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mandatory folic acid fortification on people with MTHFR gene variants.
Source: Commons
19 November 2025
Answer
The Government’s policy to mandate the fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid is aimed at reducing the incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in pregnancy. This policy is based on robust assessment of the evidence by the UK Scientific...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-14/91280
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1852820
- uk · wq-1852820 · source updated 19 November 2025