PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Embryos (5 April 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many human eggs, that were frozen have been (a) thawed, (b) been fertilised in the last 12 months for which figures are available; how many of those eggs were (i) developed into embryos and (ii) transferred to a recipient uterus; and of those transferred to a uterus, how many resulted in (A) live births, (B) early pregnancy losses and (C) stillbirths.

Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Year of cycle: 2017
Eggs thawed	5,824
Eggs fertilised	4,696
Embryos created	3,270
Embryos transferred	748
Live births	202
Early pregnancy losses	19
Stillbirths	Less than 5

Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

The data is as shown on the HFEA’s register database on 9 April 2019. This is a live database so these figures reflect the data on this day are likely to change over time.

Answered by:
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative)
15 April 2019