PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
IVF (4 January 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IVF cycles were undertaken where 15-20 eggs were collected and frozen embryos were allowed to perish from fresh stimulated cycles in each year since 2013.

Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Number of in vitro fertilisation cycles: eggs collected and frozen embryos were allowed to perish

Year of egg collection

1 to 9 eggs collected

10 to 14 eggs collected

15 to 20 eggs collected

21 or more eggs collected

2013

826

1,126

1,000

997

2014

699

880

811

661

2015

657

823

700

695

2016

568

699

571

548

2017

430

533

487

479

Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

The data is as shown on the HFEA’s register database on 8 January 2019. This is a live database so these figures reflect the data on this day and are likely to change over time.


Answered by:
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
14 January 2019

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