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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
IVF (8 October 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many embryos were there in storage from stimulated IVF cycles in which 15-20 eggs were collected for each year from 2013 to 2017.

Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Embryos in storage (from embryos created from those fresh stimulated cycles)

Fresh cycle year

1-9 eggs collected

10-14 eggs collected

15-20 eggs collected

21 and over eggs collected

2013

3,721

6,492

6,988

6,242

2014

4,504

7,137

7,702

6,695

2015

5,871

9,177

9,717

9,516

2016

8,015

11,675

11,724

11,820

2017

9,480

14,609

14,419

14,772

Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

The data is based on embryos created from stimulated fresh in vitro fertilisation cycles, whether these embryos have been used at any time by the patient or a donor recipient.

The HFEA register database tracks complex movements of embryos. The number of embryos remaining in storage has been estimated by the number of fresh embryos created, minus the fresh embryos transferred, fresh embryos allowed to perish, frozen embryos transferred and frozen embryos allowed to perish. This may not account for small numbers of embryos which have been used for other purposes, moved between centres or abroad or thawed and found not to be viable.

The data is as shown on the HFEA’s register database on 10 October 2018. This is a live database so these figures reflect the data on this day and are likely to change over time.


Answered by:
Matt Hancock (Conservative)
16 October 2018

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